Shôkichi Tsukamoto

鎌倉で一人娘の紀子と2人で暮らす大学教授の曽宮周吉。妻を早くに亡くしたこともあり、紀子は27歳になる今でも父を置いてよそへ嫁ごうとはしなかった。周吉の実妹・田口まさは、そんな2人が気が気でなく、何かと世話を焼いていた。いつまでも渋る紀子を結婚させるため、周吉はついにある決断をするのだった。

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.