A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy. However, the following day, an official decree is issued to ban suicide through fidelity...
Miki Mori
Junichiro Yamashita
Hizuru Takachiho
Fumio Watanabe
Mutsuko Sakura
Sōhei Kurata
Sōnosuke Oda
Shichisaburo Amatsu
