

In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city in tatters and the population poor, tired, and hungry. The 19-year-old Satoko and her mother bide their time working nominal jobs and trying to stave off hunger. A displaced aunt turns up looking for shelter, but she is just another hungry mouth to feed. Satoko is becoming a woman and is drawn to the only eligible man in the neighborhood. This is a decidedly quiet film that focuses on a single character and her survival in dire circumstances in the spring of her life.
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Cast
- Fumi NikaidoSatoko
- Hiroki HasegawaIchikawa
- Youki KudohSatoko's mother
- Yasuko Tomita
- Go Riju
- Koichi Ueda
- Renji Ishibashi
- Eiji Okuda
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- Haruhiko AraiDirector
- Haruhiko AraiScreenplay
- Yuichi TakaiNovel
- Itsuro ShimodaOriginal Music Composer
- Chieko SuzakiEditor
- Akira MorishigeProducer
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