A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.

CAST

Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya

Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Nonomiya

Masao HayamaYoung Ryosuke

Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko

Mitsuko YoshikawaOtaka, Ryosuke's neighbour

Tomio AokiTomibo, Otaka's son

Chishū RyūOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher

Tomoko NaniwaOkubo's Wife

Bakudan KozoOkubo's Son

Eiko TakamatsuOshige

Seiichi KatôNeighbor

Kazuo KojimaKimiko

Kiyoshi SeinoMatsumura

The Only Son

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