After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

Haruko Sugimura
Madame Noge

Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Yagihara
Akitake Kōno
Itokawa

Kokuten Kōdō
Mr. Noge

Takashi Shimura
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo