Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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| Directing | Yasujirō Ozu | Director |
| Writing | Takao Yanai | Writer |
| Writing | Tadao Ikeda | Writer |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editor |
| Writing | Yasujirō Ozu | Writer |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Art Direction |
| Sound | Rokusaburô Saitô | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Yoshisaburo Seno | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Akira Saiki | Original Music Composer |
