父亲在世时

家住金泽的教师堀川周平（笠智众 饰）是一个人生坎坷的男人，他的妻子早年去世，多年来周平独自含辛茹苦将儿子良平养大。在某次郊游中，一名学生不幸溺毙，周平作为负责人引咎辞职。失去工作后他带着儿子回到故乡信州，并在村里谋得一份差使勉强度日。良平学习还算用功，他进入中学后寄宿学校，而为了能供儿子完成接下来的学业，周平只身前往东京工作。此去经年，黄天不负有心人的良平（佐野周二 饰）考入仙台帝大，进而在秋田的一所学校取得教师的岗位。他日昔盼望和父亲重聚，怎奈周平全力支持儿子的事业，不忍拖周平的后腿。在动荡的岁月迁徙，父子分出两地遥遥相望…… 　　本片剧本是小津安二郎于1937年出征前夕完成的。A father and his son, a son and his father. Horikawa is a widower, a teacher, and a good father to Ryohei, who's about 10. After a tragedy, Horikawa resigns from teaching and takes Ryohei from Tokyo to the town of Ueno, enrolling him in junior high; to the lad's sorrow, he will be a boarder. Horikawa returns to work in Tokyo, their separation is complete. Jump ahead more than ten years: with dad's help, Ryohei has finished college and has a teaching job in Akita. Horikawa considers living with his son, which Ryohei wants, but the elder's notions of duty and hard work preclude it. Ryohei arranges a ten-day vacation with his father. Heartbreak comes quietly, nearly hidden by dignity.