Untamed Woman (1957)
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.
Director:
Mikio Naruse
Writer:
Yōko Mizuki
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Hideko Takamine as Oshima |
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Ken Uehara as Tsuru, the first husband |
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Daisuke Katō as Onoda, the second husband |
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Masayuki Mori as Hamaya, her lover |
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Mitsuko Miura as Oyu |
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Takashi Shimura as Owner of the rice mill |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura |
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Eijirō Tōno as Oshima's father |
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Teruko Kishi as Oshima's mother |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother |
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Chieko Nakakita as Osuzu, Oshima's older sister |
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Takeshi Sakamoto as Kisuke, the foster father |
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Noriko Honma as Otora, the foster mother |
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Sadako Sawamura as Oshima's aunt |
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Haruo Tanaka as Fusayoshi |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Kinshichi |
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Akira Tani as Sakutaro |
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Natsuko Kahara as Otoku |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as Flower Master |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Old man |
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Senkichi Ōmura as Nezu |
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Masahiko Tsugawa as |
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Yutaka Sada as |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Writing | Shūsei Tokuda | Novel |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Screenplay |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |
| Art | Yasuhide Kato | Art Direction |
| Sound | Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |