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.
as Prof. Hyakken Uchida
as Professor's Wife
as Takayama
as Amaki
as Kiriyama
as Sawamura
as Dr. Kobayashi
as Rev. Kameyama
as Takayama's Son
as Neighbor
as Tada
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
as Stationmaster
as Man Who Bought the Land
as Packhorse Driver
as Murayama
as Policeman
as Fishmonger's Daughter
as Landlord
as Kitamura
as Ota