They'd be better off with strangers.
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
Ken Ogata
Sokichi Takeshita
Shima Iwashita
Oume
Mayumi Ogawa
Kikuyo
Hiroki Iwase
Riichi
Miyuki Yoshizawa
Yoshiko
Jun Ishii
Shôichi
Jun Hamamura
Welfare Official
Keizo Kanie
Akutsu
Yoshi Katō
Doctor
Mizuho Suzuki
Detective
Noboru Mitani
Train Ticket Inspector
Seiichi Suzuki
The Royal Tenenbaums
Boy A
The Burning Bed
Not Without Hope
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
The Bad Sleep Well
Goodbye June
The Unforgivable
MOTHER
My Happy Marriage
Madame X
The Girl Next Door
Òlòtūré
Trishna
It Ends with Us
The Book of Henry
Flowers in the Attic
Mildred Pierce
The Poker House
May December