Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Yumeji Tsukioka | Fumiko Shimojô |
Masayuki Mori | Mori |
Ryōji Hayama | Akira Ôtsuki |
Yōko Sugi | Kinuko |
Shirō Ōsaka | Yoshio |
Tōru Abe | Yamagami |
Ikuko Kimuro | Seiko |
Hiroko Kawasaki | Tatsuko |
Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Mrs. Shirakawa |
Kinuyo Tanaka | Neighbor's wife |
Junkichi Orimoto | Shigeru Anzai |
Bokuzen Hidari | Hide's husband |