An aging actor returns to the town where his son lives, who has believed all these years that he is his uncle rather than his father.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. At head of the film: Shōwa sanjūyon-nendo Geijutsusai sanka sakuhin. A remake of Ozu's 1934 silent classic Ukigusa monogatari = A story of floating weeds. At head of title on container: Janus Films presents Essential art house.