A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
as Yae
as Miciko
as Okawa
as Hatsuji
as Hamako
as Mother
as Hidé
as Shinji
as Wasuke
as Yasue
as Patron
as Tetsuko
