A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Hideko Takamine
as Oshima
Ken Uehara
as Tsuru, the first husband
Daisuke Katō
as Onoda, the second husband
Masayuki Mori
as Hamaya, her lover
Mitsuko Miura
as Oyu
Takashi Shimura
as Owner of the rice mill
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kimura
Eijirō Tōno
as Oshima's father
Teruko Kishi
as Oshima's mother
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother