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Daughters, Wives and a Mother (娘・妻・母, Musume • tsuma • haha) is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse.[1]

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]
Running time	122 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.[1]

Cast

• Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
• Masayuki Mori as Yuichiro 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

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.[2] 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.[1]

References

External links

• Daughters, Wives and a Mother at IMDb
• Daughters, Wives and a Mother at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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