Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
Nobuko Otowa
Otoyo
Jūzō Itami
Iino
Daigo Kusano
Tsuda
Ichirō Sugai
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hisano Yamaoka
Masanobu Oki
Mika Matsui
Jūkichi Uno
Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
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