A Woman's Life (1963)
Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. She gives birth to a baby boy after she marries the man she loves, but the philandering husband is killed during the war. Nobuko raises her son as a single mother and is heartbroken when he grows up and marries a saloon girl against her wishes. When her son dies in an auto wreck, Nobuko finally accepts her daughter-in-law after learning she will soon have a baby. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mikio Naruse
Synopsis of A Woman's Life
Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. She gives birth to a baby boy after she marries the man she loves, but the philandering husband is killed during the war. Nobuko raises her son as a single mother and is heartbroken when he grows up and marries a saloon girl against her wishes. When her son dies in an auto wreck, Nobuko finally accepts her daughter-in-law after learning she will soon have a baby. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Woman's Life
- Hideko Takamine - Nobuko
- Tsutomu Yamazaki
- Yuriko Hoshi - Hostess
- Tatsuya Nakadai - Akimoto
- Akira Takarada - Koichi
- Director(s):
- Mikio Naruse
- Writer(s):
- Ryozo Kasahara
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