永井荷風の没後(hòu )一周年(nián )を記念して、豊田四(sì )郎監督(dū )が同名小説を映画化(huà )した文(wén )芸作。東京の郊外、隅(yú )田川の東にある遊廓で中学(xué )教師・順平は、お雪という娼婦と出会い恋に落ちる。だが、そんなふたりの関係が、順平(píng )の妻・光子の知るところとなり…。
A village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another ...