A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

Credits

Akira KurosawaDirector

Toshirō MifuneDr. Kyoji Fujisaki

Miki SanjōMisao Matsumoto

Takashi ShimuraDr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Kenjiro UemuraSusumu Nakada