Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
Direction
Yoshimura's surgical framing of emotional power dynamics.
Acting
Mitsuko Mito's layered performance as the compromised nurse.

Director
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Only fragments survive — the original negative was likely destroyed during WWII, making every existing frame precious.
Kishida Kunio's plays revolutionized Japanese modern drama; this adaptation preserves his signature tension between spoken restraint and emotional explosion.