An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she …

酿酒屋主人万兵卫（中村雁治郎 饰）妻子过世，育有两女文子与纪子（司叶子 饰），儿媳秋子（原节子 饰）寡居多时，公公家的亲戚好意为其牵线，但秋子似乎并未上心。相形之下，万兵卫的心态倒是颇为活跃，频频密会一度分别的老情人佐佐木…