With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.

Top Billed Cast

Keiji Sada

Yonesaku Nihei

Minoru Ōki

Saburota Henmi

Hizuru Takachiho

Nobuko

Miyuki Kuwano

Michiyo

Masahiko Tsugawa

Ryushiro Henmi