坂本武

　　家住金泽的教师堀川周平（笠智众 饰）是一个人生坎坷的男人，他的妻子早年去世，多年来周平独自含辛茹苦将儿子良平养大。在某次郊游中，一名学生不幸溺毙，周平作为负责人引咎辞职。失去工作后他带着儿子回到故乡信州，并在村里谋得一份差使勉强度日。良平学习还算用功，他进入中学后寄宿学校，而为了能供儿子完成接下来的学业，周平只身前往东京工作。此去经年，黄天不负有心人的良平（佐野周二 饰）考入仙台帝大，进而在秋田的一所学校取得教师的岗位。他日昔盼望和父亲重聚，怎奈周平全力支持儿子的事业，不忍拖周平的后腿。在动荡的岁月迁徙，父子分出两地遥遥相望……　　本片剧本是小津安二郎于1937年出征前夕完成的。

　　天涯一身的喜八（坂本武 饰）带着戏班子在全国各地巡回演出，这一次他们来到了某个乡村。戏班子的表演在当地颇受欢迎，然而天公不作美，接连数日的大雨让他们的演出泡了汤。大家百无聊赖熬日子，喜八似乎不以为虑，他每日外出，只为了看看旧情人曾为他生下的儿子信吉。信吉并不知晓这位大叔的真实身份，对之以礼相待，关系融洽。在此期间，浪迹江湖的喜八渐渐找到了家的感觉。可是他一门心思陪着儿子，却引来作为他情人的女演员澄子的猜疑和嫉妒。澄子派出年轻演员淑子引诱信吉，试图破坏喜八渺小的幸福……　　本片是喜八系列的第二部作品。

　　An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday, the professor does not feel like going to his weekend golf game, but his wife packs him off anyway. So he leaves his bag at the apartment of his student Okada, and goes to a bar with a friend. Setsuko traces him there, and insists that he take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada to take her home, while he sleeps at Okada's. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home, and also of her husband when she discovers that he did not go golfing.

　　小职员搬到城郊，岂料山雨欲来，大人与小孩世界各自上演不同的权力游戏。新来的一双小兄弟给小邻居欺负得眼泪涟涟，后来借用别人的武力做了小霸王。小兄弟目睹窝囊的父亲扮小丑取悦老板，气上心头骂了父亲一顿，然后绝食抗议。暖热饭团最后送到两张小嘴里，一家人和气收场，小孩上了生命「宝贵的」头一课。大人虚伪，莫非真的有道理？剧本原来写大儿子离家出走，小津大笔一改，他那些放任的少年从此亦离我们而去。　　日本「电影旬报」选为年度最佳电影。