A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
Chōko Iida
Tsune Nonomiya
Shinichi Himori
Ryosuke Ninomiya
Masao Hayama
Young Ryosuke
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Sugiko
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Otaka
Chishū Ryū
Teacher Okubo
Tomoko Naniwa
Okubo's Wife
Bakudan Kozo
Okubo's Son
Tomio Aoki
Tomio
Eiko Takamatsu
Jokou
Seiichi Katô
Neighbor
Kazuo Kojima
Kimiko
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