Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Chishū Ryū
Setsuko Hara
Yumeji Tsukioka
Haruko Sugimura
Hōhi Aoki
Jun Usami
Kuniko Miyake
Masao Mishima
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yōko Katsuragi
Toyo Takahashi
Jun Tanizaki
Ichirō Shimizu
Yoko Benisawa
Manzaburo Umewaka
Nobu Nojima
Ichiro Kitamura
Haruo Yasufuku
Tadaichi Aoki
Seiju Kanze
Shintaro Umewaka
Shizuo Kanze
Seiji Toda
Kozo Fukuda
Shinichiro Takayama
Seinosuke Ishida
Yutaka Aoki
Kinzo Hasegawa
Gazan Hasegawa
Mikuma Shimada