What Made Her Do It?

"Sumiko's father sends her to live with her alcoholic uncle. He sells her to a circus, which is the start of a downward spiral in an unforgiving world."

Cast

Keiko Takatsu

as Sumiko Nakamura

Tamako Nijô

as Hideko Akiyama / Prefectural assemblywoman

Chieko Sono

as Osada, wife of Yamada

Shizuko Ozaki

as Umeko Yazawa

Eiko Aida

as Okaku Shimamura

Rintarō Fujima

as Akimitsu Hasegawa

Itaru Hamada

as Tetsuzo Ogawa, circus manager

Yōyō Kojima

as Sahei Sakamoto

Takashi Asano

as Kanta Yamada / Sumiko's uncle

Saburô Oono

as Yamashita / Police Sergeant

Kangyô Nakamura

as Master of pawnshop

Hidekatsu Maki

as Hara

Ryuujin Unno

as Shintarô Ichikawa

Kôemon Kataoka

as Tamai / Old man

Crew

Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Director

Seikichi Fujimori

Original Story

Seiji Tsukakoshi

Director of Photography

Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Screenplay