Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Editing | Shigeo Nishida | Editor |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Lighting | Kenichi Okamoto | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Crew | Masao Ôsumi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Toyoko Yamasaki | Novel |
| Writing | Kon Ichikawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kazuo Ikehiro | Assistant Director |