The Daphne (1966)

10.0/10 106 min Drama

Overview

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

Cast

Machiko Kyō

Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

Yōko Tsukasa

Umeko (the second daughter)

Reiko Dan

Sakura (the third daughter)

Yuriko Hoshi

Ayame (the fourth daughter)

Keiju Kobayashi

Ooka (Umeko's husband)

Yōsuke Natsuki

Nomura (Ayame's husband)

Akira Takarada

Kudo

Tadao Takashima

Minegishi (Ooka's friend)

Norihei Miki

Ichirō Arishima

Daisuke Katō

Makoto Satō

Goro (Kudo's younger brother)

Yasuo Tanabe

Tsuruo (the eldest son)

Natsuko Kahara

Asako (Ooka's mother)

Hiroshi Koizumi

Yū Fujiki

Ikio Sawamura

Chōtarō Tōgin

Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)

Yutaka Nakayama

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