Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
娘・妻・母
Directed by	Mikio Naruse
Screenplay by	Toshirō Ide Zenzō Matsuyama
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto
Starring	Setsuko Hara Masayuki Mori Hideko Takamine
Cinematography	Jun Yasumoto
Edited by	Eiji Ooi
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	21 May 1960 (1960-05-21) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (娘・妻・母, Musume • tsuma • haha) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[2]

References

1. "娘・妻・母". Japanese Movia Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
3. "Foreign Film Distribs Leery Over Trend In Japan Vs. Roadshow Pix". Variety. 29 June 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via Archive.org.

External links

• Daughters, Wives and a Mother at IMDb