A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
淡島千景
as Yae
司葉子
as Miciko
木村功
as Okawa
小林桂樹
as Hatsuji
水野久美
as Hamako
杉村春子
as Mother
飯田蝶子
as Hidé
太刀川寛
as Shinji
新珠三千代
as
加東大介
as
二代目 中村鴈治郎
as Wasuke
大塚国夫
as
