Screenplay: Ichiyo Higuchi

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Ken Mitsuda · Yatsuko Tan'ami · Akiko Tamura · Hiro Kumon

Synopsis A three-part film based on short stories about the struggles of women in the early Meiji era. Part 1 tells of a young woman returning home for the first time after her arranged marriage. Parental pleasure at seeing her vanishes...

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Hibari Misora · Shogoro Ichikawa · Takashi Kitahara · Eijirô Yanagi

Synopsis Adapted from Ichiyô Higuchi’s Meiji period novella. Tells the story of a young girl doomed from birth to a life of prostitution and her growing awareness of her fate.

Direction Yohei Yamakado

Cast Mana Haraguchi · Rita Senra · Inês Lopes