Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
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| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Sound | Shinichirô Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shôji Ueda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Writing | Ishirō Honda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hyakken Uchida | Original Story |
| Production | Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Art Direction |
| Editing | Ishirō Honda | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Art | Akira Kurosawa | Storyboard Artist |
