Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.

casts

Tatsuo Matsumura

Kyōko Kagawa

Hisashi Igawa

George Tokoro

Masayuki Yui