
86 minutes
2/7/1952
Returning from wartime China, Keiichi reunites with his mother Inako and adopted sister Tomi. He becomes drawn to Tomi’s beauty, and his mother appears supportive. But Keiichi soon meets Tsuneko, a former wartime nurse who has borne his child. Faced with a summons to stand trial for wartime atrocities, he entrusts Tomi and his son to Inako, then voluntarily turns himself in—believing he must answer not just to Japan, but to the world’s conscience.

Yaeko Mizutani
as Keiichi's mother Ineko

Hatae Kishi
as Tsuneko Murasato

Kyōko Kagawa
as Tomi Tsuboi

Yōichi Numata
as Keiichi Ogata

Yasumi Hara
as Minoru Nagae
Tadashi Minamikawa
as Interpreter

Ryōhei Uchida
as Young Chinese man
Tsuneo Katagiri
as Chinese officer
Michiyo Naoki
as Nagae's wife Rie
Suzuko Oshima
as Young man's mother