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.
Hideko Takamine
Oshima
Ken Uehara
Tsuru, the first husband
Daisuke Katō
Onoda, the second husband
Masayuki Mori
Hamaya, her lover
Mitsuko Miura
Oyu
Takashi Shimura
Owner of the rice mill
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kimura
Eijirō Tōno
Oshima's father
