Tarō Okamoto

Mientras su hijo, Kichi, está en guerra, una mujer y su nuera sobreviven matando a samuráis que se pierden en su pantano y luego vendiendo los objetos de valor que encuentran. Ambos quedan devastados cuando se enteran de que Kichi ha muerto, pero su esposa pronto comienza una aventura con un vecino que sobrevivió a la guerra, Hachi. La madre lo desaprueba y, cuando no puede robarse a Hachi, intenta asustar a su nuera con una misteriosa máscara de un samurái muerto.

As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei’s painting was praised by a great printer at the completion ceremony of the art gallery. Since he became successful as a painter, but he looked quite indifferent. Around the same time, Shohei’s sister brought Sohei’s pictures to the gallery and Shokichi noticed that she was a daughter of his first love.