Film

Family of Women

1967 · 1h 33m · Drama

Soichiro Ishizuka, the head of a prestigious Tokyo textile company, lives a comfortable life with his wife and three daughters. Their current family focus is securing a good marriage for their middle daughter, Yuko, since their eldest has already wed the man chosen to inherit the family business. However, their domestic routine is upended when an old school friend arrives with somber news: another former classmate, now a ceramic artist in Kyushu, is terminally ill with cancer.

Mariko Okada

真山紀子

Yoshiko Kayama

石塚悠子

Chieko Baisho

康子

Etsuko Ikuta

石塚いずみ

Nana Ozaki

真山みふゆ

Mieko Takamine

石塚綾子

Kinuko Obata

石塚初子

• Yoshitarō NomuraDirector
• Masato IdeWriter
• Motoo NagaiWriter
• Takashi KawamataDirector of Photography
• Yoshiyasu HamamuraEditor

Release date

July 19, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama