Plot Summary:Tsutomu is strangled by his father, Yasuzo. Ryoko, the boy's mother, cries in horror but does not seem to protest her husband's action. What can lead a father to do something like this to his own son? He was a troubled young man living in a hypocritical world of adults in his eyes. His father was too demanding and owed his fortune to an inheritance, while his mother, always acted overly anxiously. Tsutomu fell in love with a girl, Hatsuko from his school, but saw how she was raped by her uncle. After killing this uncle, she asked Tsutomu to visit her in a remote place, where she knew her only real moment of happiness.
新藤兼人監督が実際に起きた事件を元に、家庭内暴力をテーマに映画化した問題作。成績優秀で大学入試の準備をしていた17歳の息子が、突然父や母に暴力をふるい始める。生命の危険にさらされた父は妻と相談し、やむなく息子を絞殺するが…。