Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Directed by Yasuki Chiba

With Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Yukiko Shimazaki, Hisako Takihana and Kazuo Masubuchi

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.