A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

“独立愚連隊”シリーズや“暗黒街”もので日本映画に新風を吹き込んだ名匠・岡本喜八監督のデビュー作。当時アイドル・スターであった雪村いづみを主演に据えた恋愛結婚に憧れる若い女性を描く風俗コメディで、そのテンポの速さが評判になった。衣装や装置も実にモダン。

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.