The Age of Beginnings

Movie · 1h 21m

Starring Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Den Obinata, Ureo Egawa

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.