After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

Setsuko Hara
as Yukie Yagihara

Susumu Fujita
as Ruykichi Noge

Denjirō Ōkōchi
as Professor Yagihara

Haruko Sugimura
as Madame Noge

Eiko Miyoshi
as Madame Yagihara

Akitake Kōno
as Itokawa

Kokuten Kōdō
as Mr. Noge

Takashi Shimura
as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

Taizō Fukami
as Minister of Education

Masao Shimizu
as Professor Hakozaki