

In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

Kinuyo Tanaka

Sanae Takasugi
Tomie Tsunoda
Mitsuo Nagata

Kōju Murata

Kumeko Urabe
Kikue Mōri
Minpei Tomimoto