Mladý intelektuál a odpůrce vojenské služby je donucen sloužit v japonské armádě v Mandžusku. Spojí se s prosťáčkem, bývalým gangsterem, ve snaze dezertovat a ukrást vlak.
Awaji appeared in films like Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Keisuke Kinoshita's A Japanese Tragedy, Mark Robson's The Bridges at Toko-Ri and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. [2 ]
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.