Kikuko Akaza
The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father Shinobu's construction business. Younger sister Momoko is a truckdriver. Passions run high in the Akaza household and the two siblings are constantly bickering. One day, Momoko reveals she had a miscarriage but refuses to say who the father is.
Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks. His 14-year-old granddaughter Tamako is ostracized when she discovers that her grandfather is a murderer. Kenzo soon helps defend Tamako from bullies at school. When Tamako stands up for herself, she comes to believe that she has inherited some of her grandfather’s great strength. Eventually, an associate of the man Kenzo killed comes looking for revenge, along with the dead man’s son.
Liquor Store Housewife
Biopic sobre Taiji Tonoyama, actor japonés que interpretó más de 250 personajes a lo largo de su carrera, muchos de ellos en películas dirigidas por el propio Kaneto Shindo. Tonoyama empezó su carrera como actor en los años 50, siendo su primer papel protagonista dentro de una de las películas más aclamadas de Kaneto Shindo, "La Isla Desnuda", rodada íntegramente sin diálogos. Pero más allá de sus películas, el actor era más conocido por su vida privada; se le acusaba de mujeriego y alcohólico.
Mrs. Kaneda
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
