Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Overview

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

Sachiko Chiba

Chiyo

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Ogawa

N/A

Ranko Akagi

Shigeyo (Hisako)

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Fusako

N/A

Satoko Date

Mitsuko

N/A

Hatsuko Natsume

Tamae Kiyokawa

Madame at café

N/A

Kō Mihashi

Chiyo's father

Masao Mishima

Madame's husband

N/A

Misao Yamaguchi

Chiyo's mother