Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.
Cast
Keiji Sada
Yonesaku Nihei
Minoru Ōki
Saburota Henmi
Hizuru Takachiho
Nobuko
Miyuki Kuwano
Michiyo
Masahiko Tsugawa
Ryushiro Henmi
Tōru Abe
Hoshino
Noriko Maki
Setsuko Tamiya
Shinichirō Mikami
Akio
Mitsuko Mito
Takiyo Sugawa
Fujio Suga
Inspector Honda
Ryuji Kita
Unknown
Kōji Mitsui
Unknown
Takamaru Sasaki
Shinzo Matsuyama
Hisao Toake
Jukichi Kanai
Yoshito Yamaji
Kotetsu
Koji Nakata
Yamakawa
真木康次郎
Unknown
Jo Azumi
Unknown
Hiroshi Aoyama
Unknown
Omenosuke Ichikawa
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