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.
三船敏郎
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
三條美紀
as Misao Matsumoto
志村喬
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
植村謙二郎
as Susumu Nakada
山口勇
as Patrolman Nosaka
千石規子
as Apprentice Nurse
中北千枝子
as Takiko Nakada
宮島健一
as
Masatoki Sasaki
as Old soldier
Seiji Izumi
as Policeman
Tadashi Date
as Father of boy with appendicitis
Shigeyuki Miyajima
as Officer