Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: Tokuma Shoten, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Kurosawa Production, Daiei Film
- Keyword: birthday party, tribute, teacher student relationship, post war japan, 1940s, memories of teachers, lost cats
- Cast: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao