Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

Cast

Machiko Kyō

Mon

Masayuki Mori

Inokichi

Yoshiko Kuga

San

Yūji Hori

Taiichi

Eiji Funakoshi

Kobata

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Kumeko Urabe

Riki - the Mother

Mantarō Ushio

Kanichi

Kenichi Miyajima

Kanji Kawara

Zenji Yamada

Toyogorô

Noriko Honma