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The Foster Mother

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A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto, who divorced her father, but her father in Tokyo, who has another family, takes her to…

DirectorTorajirō Saitō
WritersTadao Ikeda·Sadayo Nakamura

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Cast · Directed by Torajirō Saitō

YTYoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Natsue
HMHibari Misora
Hibari Misora
Yayoi
SHShinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori
Susumu Ogura
NKNijiko Kiyokawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Akiko Ogura
JBJunzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban
Kondo
OTOtome Tsukimiya
Otome Tsukimiya
Osono
TSTakeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kanzo
SSSadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Otsuna
AKAkemi Kita
Akemi Kita
Keiko
YMYūko Mochizuki
Yūko Mochizuki
Chiyoha
CAChikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
YTYoshio Tabata
Yoshio Tabata

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