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The Other Woman
JAPAN · 1961

The Other Woman

Mikio Naruse
infidelity illegitimacy family secrets class conflict motherhood
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Synopsis

The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.

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