The Little House

In 1922, Taki (Haru Kuroki) from of Yamagata in northern Japan, comes to Tokyo to work as a maid for a family living in a modern, western-style house with a red roof in the suburbs of Tokyo. The family consists of the young and beautiful Madame, Tokiko (Takako Matsu), her husband Masaki (Takataro Kataoka) and their little son, Kyoichi. They live a happy and peaceful life. One day they are visited by Itakura (Hiketaka Yoshioka) a colleague of Masaki, and Tokiko feels a compelling attraction to him. In 1943 World War II intensifies and Itakura receives his draft card. When the day for his departure arrives, it is all Taki can do to quietly observe her mistress. (Shochiku)