The Woman in the Rumor

Jun 20, 1954

1h 24m

★ 7.2

Overview

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Hatsuko Mabuchi

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kenji Matoba

Tomiemon Otomo

Yukiko Mabuchi

Yoshiko Kuga

Kobayashi

Bontarō Miake

Osaki

Chieko Naniwa

Yasuichi Harada

Eitarō Shindō

Tayū Aioi

Michiko Ai

Tayū Onoue

Teruko Daimi

Nakauchi

Saburo Date

Tayū Kisaragi

Teruyo Hasegawa

Salesman

Sumao Ishihara

Takejiro

Kotaro Kawada

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