Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Professor's Wife
Takayama
Amaki
Kiriyama
Sawamura
Dr. Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama
Takayama's Son
Neighbor
Tada
Old Lady Holding a Cat
Stationmaster
Man Who Bought the Land
Packhorse Driver
Murayama
Policeman
Fishmonger's Daughter
Landlord
Kitamura
Ota
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