A Hen in the Wind

Movie

A Hen in the Wind

Drama

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.

Date: 09/17/1948

Rating: 6.9

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shūji Sano, Chieko Murata, Chishū Ryū, Hōhi Aoki, Chiyoko Ayatani, Reiko Minakami, Takeshi Sakamoto, Eiko Takamatsu, Chiyoko Fumiya, Toshinosuke Nagao, Kenzo Nakagawa, Fumiko Okamura, Ichirō Shimizu, Kōji Mitsui, Kunio Teshirogi, Yoshino Tani, Keiko Izumi, Sakae Nakayama, Binnosuke Nagao, Fujiko Osafune

Kinuyo Tanaka