A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Writer |
| Writing | Kazuo Kikuta | Writer |
| Production | Hisao Ichikawa | Producer |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Camera | Sôichi Aisaka | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Sound | Mitsuo Hasegawa | Sound |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Koichi Imai | Art Direction |
