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.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Rentaro Mikuni
Katsuo Nakamura
Hizuru Takachiho
Kôji Nanbara
Chōko Iida
Hiroshi Kondō
Shouichi Nishida
Tomo'o Nagai
Ton Shimada
Tatsuya Gashûin
Nakajirō Tomita
Shôhachi Uchikoshi
Takashi Sue
Natsue Shiga
Haruo Aizawa