Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an anniversary wake. Some time following the ceremony one of the attendees marries the widow. Soon another friend of the deceased and his family also make the house their home when they move to town. Everyone's life is changed quite a bit. When the newer husband sustains an injury to his leg and loses his job it leads to the wife having to work. By the time the fifth anniversary of the friend's death occurs and another reunion is held another friend is in love with the former widow.
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Katsuko
Toshirō Mifune
Shuntarō Ōhira
Shin Saburi
Narasaki
Keiju Kobayashi
Takeuchi
Toshinobu Sawaki
Unknown
Kaoru Yachigusa
Asako
Yuriko Hamada
Kayo
Ichirō Chiba
Unknown
Haruo Tanaka
Unknown
Sachio Sakai
Unknown
Ryōhei Uchida
Unknown
杉山治久
Unknown
渋沢準
Unknown
中村知
Unknown
Murasaki Fujima
Unknown
Junko Miyauchi
Unknown
Yoshie Minami
Unknown
Natsuko Kahara
Unknown
Seijirô Onda
Unknown
Ikio Sawamura
Unknown
Toki Shiozawa
Unknown
Sonosuke Sawamura
Unknown
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Unknown
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Unknown
Michiko Kawa
Unknown
Mitsue Tachibana
Unknown
Rikie Sanjō
Unknown
Kisao Hatamochi
Unknown
Mayumi Shirabato
Unknown
