During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun’s heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke’s wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but…
Length 92 minutes
Kazuo Hasegawa | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Hitomi Nozoe | Yataro Kurokawa | Michiko Ai | Narutoshi Hayashi | Tamao Nakamura | Rieko Sumi | Takashi Shimura | Yoichi Funaki | Masaya Tsukida | Sentaro Izumi | Bontarô Miake | Kinzô Shin | Ganjirô Nakamura | Kazuko Wakamatsu | Sumire Harukaze | Teruyo Asagumo | Tsukie Matsuura | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Shinobu Araki | Shôzô Nanbu | Ryônosuke Azuma | Kôichi Katsuragi | Hiroshi Ueda | Ichirô Amano | Seishirô Hara | Saburo Date | Shintarô Nanjô | Okuyama Asao | Mitsuo Watanabe | Ichirô Takakura | Fumihiko Yokoyama | Jun Fujikawa | Ikkei Tamaki | Hajime Koshikawa | Satoshi Mikami | Goto Shihiko | Yûji Hamada | Naohiko Negishi | Midori Komatsu