The Munekata Sisters

Aug 8, 1950

1h 52m

★ 7.1

Overview

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shintoho Company

The Munekata Sisters Trailers

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Cast

Setsuko Munekata

Kinuyo Tanaka

Mariko Munekata

Hideko Takamine

Hiroshi Tashiro

Ken Uehara

Yoriko Mashita

Sanae Takasugi

Tadachika Munekata

Chishū Ryū

Ryosuke Mimura

So Yamamura

Maejima

Yūji Hori

Jou Uchida

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