When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Daiei Film
- Keyword: love, remake, family abandonment, mistress, unknown father, aging actor, paternity revealed, post war japan, illegitimate son, theater troupe, father son conflict, actors, woman scorned, absent father, revenge for cheating
- Cast: Ganjirō Nakamura II, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura, Hitomi Nozoe