(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

Overview

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes the owner of "Fujimura" in the town of Hato. Eiko is a timid woman who hates Terada, a watchmaker who is obsessed with her; Tamie is a hard worker who asks for money from customers to support her mother and daughter Teruko; Tane, who dreams of the day they can be together, gives money to her lover Takeda; Machiko, an apres girl, is selective about her customers in the name of romance. They are women working in the red light district at "Fujimura."

Directors

Seiji Hisamatsu

Writers

Toshio YasumiScreenplay

Kafu NagaiOriginal Story

Cast

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Mariko Okada

Suzuyo

Kinuyo Tanaka

Oshige

Keiko Awaji

Eiko

Hideko Takamine

Machiko

Bokuzen Hidari

Florist

Hisaya Morishige

Denkichi Yoshida