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An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
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An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Kōgo Noda, Mikio Naruse
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Runtime:79 minutes
Studio:Shochiku
Cast
Mikio Naruse
Director
Shin'yō Nara
Shunsaku Atsumi
Yukiko Tsukuba
Masako, Atsumi's wife
Fumiko Katsuragi
Kishiyo, Atsumi's mother
Joji Oka
Masaya Kusakabe
Yoshiko Okada
Tamae Kiyooka
Ichiro Yuki
Keiji Makino
Kenichi Miyajima
Secretary
Toshiko Kojima
Shigeko, Atsumi's daughter
Shozaburo Abe
Gen the Pelican
Kanji Kawara
Detective
Kenji Oyama
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