In post-war Japan, a man brings a lost boy to his tenement. No one wants to take the child for even one night; finally, a sour widow, Tan�, does. The next day, complaining, she takes the boy to his neighborhood and finds his father has gone to Tokyo; it seems the boy has been abandoned. Tan� wants to leave him there, but he follows her home. The next morning he disappears fearing a scolding after wetting the bed. Tan� realizes she likes having him there, searches for him, and keeps him when he's found that night. Within days, she considers him her son.

Starring:

Chôko Iida, Chishû Ryû, Eiko Takamatsu, Eitarô Ozawa, Hideko Mimura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Reikichi Kawamura, Taiji Tonoyama, Takeshi Sakamoto

Genre:

Drama