Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.
Cast
Daijirō Harada
Michio Yamada
Nobuko Otowa
Take Yamada
Daigo Kusano
Hanjiro Yamada
Keiko Torii
Sakie Hayashi
Kei Satō
Unknown
Kiwako Taichi
Unknown
Eimei Esumi
Unknown
Torahiko Hamada
Unknown
Kotoe Hatsui
Unknown
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Unknown
Hōsei Komatsu
Unknown
Sumie Sasaki
Unknown
Taiji Tonoyama
Unknown
Rokkō Toura
Unknown
Fumio Watanabe
Unknown
Crew
Kaneto Shindō
Director, Screenplay
Shozo Matsuda
Screenplay
Isao Seki
Screenplay
Hisao Enoki
Editor
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography
Kazuo Kuwabara
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Jirô Shindô
Still Photographer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer
Akira Haruki
Art Direction
