| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
|---|---|
| Budget | ¥1.3 billion |
| Box office | ¥300 million |
The film is based on the life of Japanese academic and author Hyakken Uchida (1889–1971). While playfully teaching a class as a professor of German in the period immediately before the Second World War, Uchida tearfully announces his retirement to his crestfallen students. In 1943, he moves into a spacious house but his wife is concerned about the safety of the neighborhood.