1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
as Toyomatsu Shimizu
as Fusae Shimizu
as Toshiko
as Nemoto
as Shokichi Sakai
as Kenichi
as Takeuchi
as Captain Hidaka
as Major Adachi
as Sergeant Kimura
as Private Tateishi
as Private Takita
as Toshio's mother
as Commander Onoe
as Miyake
