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.
Akira Kurosawa | Director |
Shinichirô Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
Shôji Ueda | Director of Photography |
Akira Kurosawa | Storyboard Artist |
Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
Ishirō Honda | Screenplay |
Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
Hyakken Uchida | Original Story |
Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |