Overview
Chizuru, the beautiful daughter of a Kyoto restaurant owner, feels trapped by the marriage plans her mother has arranged for her. When an older university professor and longtime admirer of her mother invites her to Tokyo, she sees it as a chance to escape her traditional life. In the city, Chizuru is drawn to a sophisticated businessman and begins searching for independence, romance, and her own identity while uncovering unsettling truths about her family and the people around her.
Cast
- Shima Iwashita as Chizuru Sasaki
- Mitsuko Mori as Sei Sasaki
- Nobuko Otowa as Ayako Ogata
- Keizō Kawasaki as Ichirō Hasegawa
- Ichirō Arishima as Shōzō Ogata
- Chieko Baisho as Setsuko Nagashima
- Miyuki Kuwano as Mieko Kaneko
- Isao Yamagata as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Nobon Umegaki