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.
as Yonesaku Nihei
as Saburota Henmi
as Nobuko
as Michiyo
as Ryushiro Henmi
as Hoshino
as Setsuko Tamiya
as Akio
as Takiyo Sugawa
as Inspector Honda
as Shinzo Matsuyama
as Jukichi Kanai
as Kotetsu
as Yamakawa
