Daughters, Wives and a Mother

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 (Japan);
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

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[]


Actor	Role
Setsuko Hara	Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
Masayuki Mori	Yuichiro Sakanishi, the eldest son
Hideko Takamine	Sakanishi Kazuko, Yuichiro's wife
Reiko Dan	Haruko Sakanishi, the third daughter
Mitsuko Kusabue	Kaoru Sakanishi, the second daughter
Aiko Mimasu	Aki Sakanishi, the mother
Akira Takarada	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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
^ "Foreign Film Distribs Leery Over Trend In Japan Vs. Roadshow Pix". Variety. June 29, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Archive.org.

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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[galbraith-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

[2] "Foreign Film Distribs Leery Over Trend In Japan Vs. Roadshow Pix". Variety. June 29, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Archive.org.

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