Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

is a 1950 Japanese comedy film directed by Mikio Naruse. It consists of three self-contained episodes, based on stories by Yōjirō Ishizaka. Plot Episode 1 "A Story of Buried Gasoline" Professor Ishinaka is a novelist living in a village in Aomori and respected by the villagers for his advice. He is paid a visit by Yuzō, a young man who believes that he and his army comrades buried 460 drums of gasoline in the orchard of local farmer Yamazaki shortly before the end of the war. Ishinaka, Yuzō, Yamazaki and townsman Nakamura start digging, but soon give up and drink sake instead, entertained by Yamazaki's daughter Moyoko with a traditional folk dance. Yuzō later confesses to Moyoko that he only pretended that the drums were buried in her father's orchard because he fell in love with her during his first visit and wanted to meet her again. Ishinaka, Yuzō and Nakamura leave the digging to Yamazaki, who thinks that Yuzō and his daughter would make a good pair and asks the professor to act as a matchmaker for their wedding. Episode 2 "A Story of an Argument" Yamada, owner of the local bookstore, tells customer Kihara that he has two tickets for a travelling burlesque show which is visiting the village. Both men agree that, with the public morals at stake, they should attend the show for "examination". Yamada's daughter Mariko is indignant when she hears of her father visiting the show, and tells her boyfriend Shuichi, son of Kihara, to wait with her outside of the venue afterwards and confront their fathers for their behaviour. When Yamada and Kihara appear, they blame each other for the idea to attend the show. Mariko and Shuichi quickly side with their fathers, leading to an argument which results in Mariko refusing to speak to Shuichi. Professor Ishinaka manages to bring the fathers and the young couple together again. Episode 3 "A Story of a Carriage of Hay" Yoshiko, a young woman from Iwaki, visits her sister at the hospital in the next town. One of the fellow patients reads her palm and predicts that she will soon meet her future husband. On her way back, Takichi, a farmer from Yoshiko's village, offers her a ride on his hay carriage. During a rest at a teahouse, Yoshiko mistakes Takichi's carriage with that of Teisaku from Harago village and falls asleep. When she wakes up at Teisaku's home, his family invites Yoshiko to stay for the night due to the late time of day, and she agrees to visit a local festivity with him.