Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (娘・妻・母) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.

Plot
Sanae, a recent widow and the eldest daughter of a family, returns to her mother, eldest brother and his brother's wife. The family argues over what to do with the money Sanae's husband left her.

Cast

 * Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
 * Masayuki Mori as Yūichirō Sakanishi, the eldest son
 * Hideko Takamine as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
 * Reiko Dan as Haruko Sakanishi, the third daughter
 * Mitsuko Kusabue as Kaoru Sakanishi, the second daughter
 * Aiko Mimasu as Aki Sakanishi, the mother
 * Akira Takarada as Reiji Sakanishi, the younger son
 * Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingo Kuroki, a brewing engineer
 * Hiroshi Koizumi as Hidetaka Tani, Kaoru's husband
 * Haruko Sugimura as Kayo Tani, Hidetaka's mother
 * Keiko Awaji as Mie Banishi, Reiji's wife
 * Hiroshi Tachikawa as Makoto Asabuki, Haruko's lover
 * Daisuke Katō as Shōsuke Tetsumoto, Kazuko's uncle
 * Ken Uehara as Sokei Gojō, Sanae's matchmaker
 * Chishū Ryū as old man in park

Release
Daughters, Wives and a Mother received a roadshow theatrical release at the Yūraku-za Theatre in Tokyo, Japan on 21 May 1960. It was the first Japanese film to play at the theatre since World War II. It received a general release on 28 May 1960. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film production of 1960 and the eighth highest-grossing Japanese production of 1960. It was released in the United States with English subtitles by Toho International on December 1, 1978.