After the father of her son leaves her high and dry, Kazuko gives her child up for adoption and takes a job at a hot spring resort, watching her son being raised by the owner of a tea shop.
Seiji Hisamatsu
Director
Isuzu Yamada
Natsu, the Foster Mother
Michiyo Kogure
Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
Michiyo Aratama
Kazuko, the Birth Mother
Frankie Sakai
Seiji, the Father
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kensaku, the Engineer
Makoto Niki
The Boy
Takeshi Sakamoto
Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father
Eiko Miyoshi
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
Yutaka Nakayama
Katayama
Haruya Katō
Sakata
Haruo Tanaka
Mochizuki
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