Shûzô Horikawa

Um jovem severo seduz uma jovem parasita e, eventualmente, tira proveito do seu talento para apanhar boleia e roubar homens da classe média

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world despite the fact that war is looming.