A Woman's Life (1955)
The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.
Director:
Noboru Nakamura
Writer:
Yōko Mizuki
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Chikage Awashima as Nobuko Miki |
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Masami Taura as Makoto Musuko, Nobuko's son |
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Tokuji Kobayashi as Nobuko's father |
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Kumeko Urabe as Nobuko's mother |
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Fujio Suga as brother Daisuke |
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Ken Uehara as Kujō, Nobuko's husband |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Yumiko Kagami |
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Toshiko Kobayashi as Sumiko |
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Shozo Suzuki as Aoshima |
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Hitomi Nozoe as Midori, Aoshima's younger sister |
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Sachiko Murase as Aoshima's mother |
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Eiichi Sugasawara as Shojiro Enami |
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Kinzō Shin as Director |
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Chukan Inagawa as assistant inspector |
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Daisuke Katō as police officer |
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Torahiko Hamada as Detective |
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Keijirō Morozumi as Detective |
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Ushio Akashi as Sawai |
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Hideaki Nagai as Young man |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Noboru Nakamura | Director |
| Camera | Toshio Ubukata | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Production Design |
| Production | Shozaburo Yamaguchi | Producer |
| Writing | Yuzo Yamamoto | Novel |
| Sound | Saburo Omura | Sound |