A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.
Ryunosuke Chagawa
Mutsuko Hoshino
Norifumi Suzuki
Ippei Suzuki
Hiromi Ishizaki
Dr. Takuma
Tomoe Suzuki
Junnosuke Furuyuki
Kin Ohta
Yasunari Kawabuchi
Yamamura the teacher
Telegraph clerk
Dancer Chiemi
Newspaper Reporter