Omitsu (Sumiko Kurishima) works as a hostess in a Ginza bar entertaining docked sailors. She is single and supporting her son Fumio (Teruko Kojima). She shares a room with a couple (Jun Arai and Mitsuko Yoshikawa) who babysit for her.
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
Shuhei'nin istikrarsız annesi, oğlunun onun denetiminin ötesindeki dünyayı tanımaya başlamasıyla kendini tehdit altında hisseder. Bu durum aileyi bir trajediye sürükler.
In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, soon discovers that his own family is connected to the crimes.
A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.
Alice ve Celine, başarılı kocaları ve aynı yaştaki oğullarıyla geleneksel bir yaşam tarzı sürmektedir. Trajik bir kazanın ardından hayatın mükemmel uyumu bir anda bozulur. Suçluluk, şüphe ve paranoya birleşerek aralarındaki yakın bağı çözer.