줄거리

(KMDb 1위, 씨네21 4위)
계리사 사무소 서기인 영호(김진규)는 전쟁 통에 미쳐 “가자!”를 외치는 어머니(노재신), 영양실조에 걸린 만삭의 아내(문정숙), 양공주가 된 여동생(서애자), 실업자인 퇴역군인 동생 철호(최무룡)를 거느린 한 집안의 가장. 그러나 계리사의 월급으로는 한 가족을 먹여 살리기도 빠듯해, 영호는 치통을 앓으면서도 치과에 갈 엄두를 못낸다.

In a shantytown, a man is distraught by his family's situation. His mother went insane, his ill wife suffers from malnutrition, his brother always causes problems, his sister is a prostitute serving American soldiers and his child wants a pair of new rubber shoes. Supporting all of them with his meager salary, he is so full of worries that he has no time to spare to have his decayed tooth treated. While his family goes deeper and deeper into extreme misery, his mind wanders aimlessly not knowing what to do.