After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
Setsuko Hara
Yukie Yagihara
Susumu Fujita
Ruykichi Noge
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Professor Yagihara
Haruko Sugimura
Madame Noge
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Yagihara
Akitake Kōno
Itokawa
Kokuten Kōdō
Mr. Noge
Takashi Shimura
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Taizō Fukami
Minister of Education
Masao Shimizu
Professor Hakozaki
Haruo Tanaka
Student
Kazu Hikari
Detective
Hard Times
The Funeral
Yanks
Bridal Boot Camp
Random Harvest
An Awfully Big Adventure
From Up on Poppy Hill
Tokyo Story
An Autumn Afternoon
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Aristocrats
Jimmy P.
Hoodlum
Kansas City
Courting Danger
The Hill
Late Spring
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
The Castle of Sand
Tyson's Run