When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the incident, but the victim's mother discovers the identity of the driver. After she secures a job in the home of the company president and his philandering spouse, the woman plans to murder the couple's son when he reaches the age of her late son.
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"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Una madre soltera de campo que cría a un niño de 6º grado llega a Tokio, deja al niño para vivir con la familia de su tío, dirige una tienda de comestibles en dificultades y trabaja en una posada local. El chico se hace amigo de una chica, que resulta ser la hija del posadero...
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead."
En una familia de clase media de Tokio, una de las hijas (Setsuko Hara) ha enviudado joven, y todos los miembros desean que vuelva a casarse. La madre es una anciana viuda que vive en una casa grande del centro de Tokio. Los hijos están deseando vender la casa, pero no saben qué hacer con su madre.
