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

Tomie Tsunoda
as Kumiko Owada

Mitsuo Nagata
as Kenzô Kuriyama

Kōju Murata
as Hospital Director

Kumeko Urabe
as Brothel Keeper

Kikue Mōri
as Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres

Minpei Tomimoto
as Koji Owada

Umeko Ôbayashi
as Tokuko Owada

Hiroshi Aoyama
as Kiyoshi Kawakita
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Sadly, this is an overly convoluted tale that could have done rather more had William Rowland kept his cast focused. As it is, it's a fairly preposterous tale of some die-hard Nazis who may have a secret cosmic ray in the Oriental theatre of War. Determined to keep it from their Japanese allies who ...