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.

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Main Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Rentaro Mikuni, Katsuo Nakamura, Hizuru Takachiho, Kôji Nanbara, Chōko Iida, Hiroshi Kondō, Shouichi Nishida, Tomo'o Nagai, Ton Shimada

Director: Miyoji Ieki

Writers: Nobuyoshi Terada, Yoshikata Yoda

Editor: Umeko Numazaki

Cinematographer: Yoshio Miyajima

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