Japan,
1954, 109 min
Directed by:
Masaki KobayashiComposer:
Chûji KinoshitaCast:
Hideko Takamine, Akira Ishihama, 大木実, Shin'ichi Himori, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, 三好栄子, 浦辺粂子, 内田良平Plots(1)
The members of a family who run a liquor store struggle with the unyielding structures of society and their own household as they search for happiness in postwar Japan. (Shochiku)
Cast
![Hideko Takamine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272423_1ff948.jpg)
Hideko Takamine
Japan
Best movies:
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Immortal Love (1961)
Akira Ishihama
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Immortal Love (1961)
![大木実](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/455/158455142_c48941.jpg)
大木実
Japan
Best movies:
![Shin'ichi Himori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272357_6ba76c.jpg)
Shin'ichi Himori
Japan
Best movies:
To Live (1952)
The Only Son (1936)
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
![Keiji Sada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185756_9dfdd7.jpg)
Keiji Sada
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Immortal Love (1961)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
![Yoshiko Kuga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/807/159807312_cf55bf.jpg)
Yoshiko Kuga
Japan
Best movies:
Equinox Flower (1958)
Good Morning (1959)
Drunken Angel (1948)
三好栄子
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
To Live (1952)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
![浦辺粂子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/366/161366751_125d19.jpg)
浦辺粂子
Japan
Best movies:
Early Spring (1956)
To Live (1952)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
内田良平
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Thirteen Assassins (1963)
Band of Assassins (1969)