永(yǒng )井荷風の没後一周年を記(jì )念(niàn )して、豊田四郎監督が同(tóng )名(míng )小説を映画化した文芸作。東(dōng )京の郊外、隅田川の東にある遊廓で中学教師・順平は、お雪(xuě )という娼婦と出会い恋に落(luò )ちる。だが、そんなふたりの関係が、順平の妻・光子(zǐ )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 ...