
A late masterpiece by Mikio Naruse dramatizes novelist Fumiko Hayashi’s life. Hideko Takamine gives a performance hailed as her best, with Kinuyo Tanaka as her mother, portraying their struggle in 1920s Tokyo. The film follows Hayashi’s bitter fight for literary recognition amid poverty, menial jobs and humiliating attempts to publish in a male‑dominated culture.
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Keiju Kobayashi
Fujiyama

Takeshi Katô
Uenoyama

Daisuke Katô
Nobuo Sadaoka

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kishi, Fumiko's mother

Akira Takarada
Fukuya

Isao Hashizume

Mitsuko Kusabue
Kyôko Hinatsu

Noboru Nakaya
Haruhiko Itatsu

Jun Tatara
Tamura

Michiko Hayashi

Kin Sugai

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Asao Uchida

Akira Nagoya

Daigo Kusano

Masako Yagi

Shin Kishida

Tatsuo Endō

Tomoko Fumino
Yasuko Murano

Shigeki Ishida

Chieko Nakakita

Natsuko Kahara

Toshiko Yabuki

Mineko Yorozuyo

Kazuko Inano

Yūnosuke Itō
Gorô Shirasaka

Hideko Takamine
Fumiko Hayashi

Yutaka Nakayama

Chōko Iida

Masao Oda
Fumiko's father

Michiko Kawa

Rumi Konishi

Yachiyo Kirishima

Akiko Mori

Hiroyuki Sugi

Hisaya Ito

Katsuhiro Oida

Machiko Kitagawa

Fumiko Umeka

Chisato Aoki

Yurika Benisono

Masae Yoshikawa

Yoshiko Uno
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