A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his escape from the prison in order to seek her out and learn the truth, but the police give chase and he must flee into the mountains.
| Directing | Senkichi Taniguchi | Director |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Senkichi Taniguchi | Screenplay |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Writing | Kotaro Samukawa | Original Story |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Production Design |