In this Japanese drama, 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 man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.

为纪念永井和风逝世一周年，这部文学作品由丰田四郎执导，改编自同名小说。初中老师淳平在东京郊外隅田川以东的红灯区遇见并爱上了名叫阿雪的妓女。然而，淳平的妻子光子发现了他们的关系。

Une jeune femme se rend à Toyko pour travailler comme geisha afin de soutenir sa mère malade. Là, elle rencontre un enseignant pauvre et tombe amoureuse de lui.

Учитель Дзюмпэй Танэда чувствует себя неудачником и в семье, и на работе. Его спасением становится проститутка Оюки из дешевого веселого квартала на восточном берегу реки Сумида. Чем сможет он отплатить ей за её преданность и любовь?