is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.
Plot Sanae, a recent widow and the eldest daughter of a family, returns to her mother, eldest brother and his brother's wife. The family argues over what to do with the money Sanae's husband left her.
Cast Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter Masayuki Mori as Yūichirō Sakanishi, the eldest son Hideko Takamine as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife Reiko Dan as Haruko Sakanishi, the third daughter Mitsuko Kusabue as Kaoru Sakanishi, the second daughter Aiko Mimasu as Aki Sakanishi, the mother Akira Takarada as Reiji Sakanishi, the younger son Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingo Kuroki, a brewing engineer Hiroshi Koizumi as Hidetaka Tani, Kaoru's husband Haruko Sugimura as Kayo Tani, Hidetaka's mother Keiko Awaji as Mie Banishi, Reiji's wife Hiroshi Tachikawa as Makoto Asabuki, Haruko's lover Daisuke Katō as Shōsuke Tetsumoto, Kazuko's uncle Ken Uehara as Sokei Gojō, Sanae's matchmaker Chishū Ryū as old man in park
Release Daughters, Wives and a Mother received a roadshow theatrical release at the Yūraku-za Theatre in Tokyo, Japan on 21 May 1960. It was the first Japanese film to play at the theatre since World War II. It received a general release on 28 May 1960. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film production of 1960 and the eighth highest-grossing Japanese production of 1960. It was released in the United States with English subtitles by Toho International on December 1, 1978.
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