Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

Chishū Ryū
as Tomosuke Takagi

Kinuyo Tanaka
as Waka

Eijirō Tōno
as Sakuragi

Ken Uehara
as Nishina

Ken Mitsuda
as Tomonojo

Haruko Sugimura
as Setsu

Kazumasa Hoshino
as Shintaro, Son

Fujio Nagahama
as Fujita

Shin Saburi
as Captain

Shūji Sano
as Kaneko