Sakae Hirosawa

The husband, Ryotaro Namiki (Shuji Sano), works in the sales department of a cosmetics company and suffers from a bad stomach. His relationship ...

This film features a large extended family (and associates) even more extensive than the one portrayed by Ozu in “End of Summer”. The ...

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle: ...