Although less known to foreign audiences and critics comparing to such fellow filmmakers as Kurosawa and Mizoguchi, Kinoshita Keisuke is in fact a more famous household figure in his native country.

• 故事描写一名母亲独力把两名儿女抚养成人，不惜从事黑市买卖，甚至出卖肉体，但儿女们却毫无感激之心，母亲最后只好以自杀了却残生。