Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.

• Daiei Film
• Kazuo Hasegawa
• Denjirō Ōkōchi
• Michiyo Kogure
• Mitsuko Mito
• Machiko Kyō
• Nobuko Otowa
• Yūji Hori
• Yumiko Hasegawa