Title：Shitamachi no taiyô Year：1963 Genre：Drama Language：Japanese Country：Japan Director：Yôji Yamada Writer：Isao Kumagai / Yôji Yamada Actors：Chieko Baishô / Kyôko Aoi / Michi Aoyama Plot：Machiko (Chieko Baisho) lives comfortably with her father, grandmother and two younger brothers while working at a cosmetics factory in Shitamachi. Her boyfriend Michio (Tamotsu Hayakawa) has dreams of landing a salaried position and settling down in the suburbs, but Machiko begins to question whether middle class life will really bring her happiness.
