A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...
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Writing | Masaki Hamamoto | Screenplay |
Camera | Tatsuo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
Writing | Masahiro Shinoda | Screenplay |
Art | Naoji Kawaguchi | Art Direction |
Production | Miwa Ishiguro | Producer |
Sound | Taro Iwashiro | Original Music Composer |
Production | Masao Nagai | Producer |
Directing | Masaki Hamamoto | Director |
Writing | Ichiriki Yamamoto | Novel |
Production | Masaharu Inaba | Executive Producer |