In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Reparto

Kinuyo Tanaka

Rie

三国連太郎

Hantaro Kido

中村嘉葎雄

Tomohide, the fourth son of Kido

高千穂ひづる

Haru, beloved of Tomohide

南原宏治

Yoshitoshi, the third son of Kido

飯田蝶子

Masu

近藤宏

Kojiro, second son of Kido

Shouichi Nishida

Ichirojo, Kido's eldest son

永井智雄

The regimental commander

島田屯

Ōta

我修院達也

富田仲次郎

Shôhachi Uchikoshi

陶隆司

Natsue Shiga

Haruo Aizawa