Miss Oyu (1951)

1951 · 94 min · Drama, Romance

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Yūji Hori, Kiyoko Hirai and Reiko Kongō.

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