The Most Valuable Wife (1959)

8.0/10 95 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...

Cast

Ayako Wakao

Kyoko Nonomiya

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Saburo Mihara

Eiji Funakoshi

Ichiro Mihara

Seiji Miyaguchi

Rintaro Nonomiya

Chieko Higashiyama

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Momoko Mihara

Hisako Takihana

Sugiko Nonomiya

Atsuko Kindaichi

Fujiko Oshima

Hiromi Ichida

Mieko Kondō

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Yuko Yashio

Mantarō Ushio

Shinichi Yanagisawa

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