Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
Original title: 続・飢える魂
Hungry Soul, Part II is a 1956 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yūzō Kawashima, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Tatsuya Mihashi, Yōko Minamida and Yukiko Todoroki.
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Cast
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Retsuto Tachibana
- Yōko Minamida as Reiko Shiba
- Yukiko Todoroki as Mayumi Ogouchi
- Shirō Ōsaka as Masaharu Shimotsuma
- Nobuo Kaneko as Reiji Ajioka
- Misako Watanabe as Noriko Izumitani
- Isamu Kosugi as Naokichi Shiba
- Yumi Takano as Michiyo Ajioka
- Miyuki Kuwano as Shouko Ajioka
- Akira Kobayashi as Akira Ogouchi
- Setsuko Kato as Iseko Ogouchi
- Keiko Shima as Tamayakko