Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Synopsis

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighbourhood tavern where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name...

CAST

Mikio Naruse

Director

Sachiko Chiba

Chiyo

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Ogawa

Ranko Akagi

Shigeyo (Hisako)

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Fusako

Satoko Date

Mitsuko

Hatsuko Natsume

Cast

Tamae Kiyokawa

Madame at café

Kō Mihashi

Chiyo's father

Masao Mishima

Madame's husband

Misao Yamaguchi

Chiyo's mother

Mikio Naruse

Director

Sachiko Chiba

Chiyo

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Ogawa

Ranko Akagi

Shigeyo (Hisako)

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Fusako

Satoko Date

Mitsuko

Hatsuko Natsume

Cast

Tamae Kiyokawa

Madame at café

Kō Mihashi

Chiyo's father

Masao Mishima

Madame's husband

Misao Yamaguchi

Chiyo's mother