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.
Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Misao Matsumoto
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Susumu Nakada
Patrolman Nosaka
Apprentice Nurse
Takiko Nakada
Old soldier
Policeman
Father of boy with appendicitis
Officer
Cpl. Horiguchi
Boy with typhoid
Laborer
Mother of boy with appendicitis
Mii-chan
Nurse Imai
Student Nurse
Gaudy Woman
Boy with appendicitis
Boy