Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
Released: Jun 22, 1951
Runtime: 94 minutes
Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Yūji Hori, Kiyoko Hirai, Reiko Kongō, Eijirō Yanagi
Crew: Kenji Mizoguchi (Director), Junichirō Tanizaki (Novel), Masaichi Nagata (Producer), Fumio Hayasaka (Original Music Composer), Mitsuzô Miyata (Editor), Tadaoto Kainoshō (Costume Design)