The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
Machiko Kyō
Mon
Masayuki Mori
Inokichi
Yoshiko Kuga
San
Yūji Hori
Taiichi
Eiji Funakoshi
Kobata
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Kumeko Urabe
Riki - the Mother
Mantarō Ushio
Kanichi
