"In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons."
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Fusako Owada
Sanae Takasugi
as Natsuko Kimijima
Kumeko Urabe
as Brothel Keeper
Tomie Tsunoda
as Kumiko Owada
Mitsuo Nagata
as Kenzô Kuriyama
Hiroshi Aoyama
as
Fusako Maki
Kikue Mōri
Sadako Sawamura
Ken Tanaka
Minpei Tomimoto
as Brothel-keeper
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Eijirō Hisaita
Novel
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Hisato Osawa
Original Music Composer
Kōhei Sugiyama
Director of Photography
Tazuko Sakane
Editor
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay