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

Kinuyo Tanaka

(Otsuta)

Joji Oka

(Chikara Hayase)

Chōko Iida

(Ogen, mistress)

Yasurō Shiga

(Shunzô Sakai)

Kimiyo Ōtsuka

(Taeko Sakai)

Fumiko Katsuragi

(Kin Sakai)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

(Koyoshi Kashiwaya)

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

(Tsunaji Kashiwaya)

Shinichi Himori

(Eikichi Takano)

Hideo Takeda

(Hideomi)

Shinobu Aoki

(Tomiko Kôno)

Reikichi Kawamura

(Menosô)

Ryuko Fuji

(Omasu)

Tokuji Kobayashi

(Pickpocket Mankichi)

Kenichi Miyajima

(Reinoshin Sakata)

Kinuko Wakamizu

(Omaki)

Shozaburo Abe

(Chôkichi)

Kiyoshi Aono

(Matsui)

Akio Isono

Kōji Mitsui

Takeshi Sakamoto

(Night Shop Master)