Torrential

The Genealogy of Women

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.

Drama

Joji Oka

(Chikara Hayase)

Kinuyo Tanaka

(Otsuta)

Kimiyo Ōtsuka

(Taeko Sakai)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

(Koyoshi Kashiwaya)

Yasurō Shiga

(Shunzô Sakai)

Harurô Takeda

(Hideomi Kôno)

Tokuji Kobayashi

(Eikichi Kôno)

Reikichi Kawamura

(Menosô)

Takeshi Sakamoto

(Night shop master)

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

(Tsunaji Kashiwaya)

Kinuko Wakamizu

(Omaki)

Chōko Iida

(Ogen, mistress)

Akio Isono

Shozaburo Abe

(Chôkichi)

Kōji Mitsui

Kiyoshi Aono

(Matsui)

Ryuko Fuji

(Omasu)

Shinobu Aoki

(Tomiko Kôno)

Fumiko Katsuragi

(Kin Sakai)

Shinichi Himori

(Mankichi, pickpocket)

Kenichi Miyajima

(Reinoshin Sakata)