Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.
| Editing | Hisao Enoki | Editor |
| Directing | Kaneto Shindō | Director |
| Art | Akira Haruki | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Kenichi Okamoto | Gaffer |
| Camera | Kiyomi Kuroda | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shozo Matsuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Isao Seki | Screenplay |
| Production | Setsuo Noto | Producer |
| Production | Hisao Itoya | Producer |
| Production | Kazuo Kuwabara | Producer |
| Sound | Tetsuya Ohashi | Sound |
| Camera | Jirô Shindô | Still Photographer |
