After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a brother and sister are working, and Kazuo becomes friendly with the girl, Yoneko. Love blossoms between the two. However, Yoneko's brother objects to his sister marrying Kazuo.
Homare Suguro
Kinuyo Tanaka
Chieko Baisho
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kyoko Aoi
Keiji Sada
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kakuko Chino
Keiko Mizushina
Junzaburō Ban
Tamae Kiyokawa
Fujio Tokita
Koji Kiyomura
Ippei Souda
Fujio Nagahama
Natsuyo Kawakami
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Yaeko Wakamizu
Someshō Matsumoto
Kenji Yoshino
Chinpei Hayashiya