Could it be the injustice of the heavens that women should lead a life full of hardships and loneliness? In the spring of the twelfth year of the Show[Expand All]
Could it be the injustice of the heavens that women should lead a life full of hardships and loneliness? In the spring of the twelfth year of the Showa era, the young and beautiful Nobuko (played by Hideo Takayama) married Koichi (played by Akira Boda), the eldest son of Saicho Masayuki. Not long after their marriage, the husband's family's fortune declined. After his father-in-law's investment failed, he made an appointment with a geisha to commit suicide. The following year, the Sino-Japanese War broke out and the three towns of Wuhan fell. At the same time, Xinzi gave birth to a son, named Gongping. Their insignificant happiness did not last long. As the Pacific War expanded, Xing was called up to the army and never returned. Shinko and her mother-in-law (played by Natsuko Kawara) work hard to support this small family. During this period, they receive a lot of help from their husband's former friend, Akimoto (played by Tatsuya Nakadai), and Shinko gradually falls in love with this man she can rely on. But life seemed to deliberately make things difficult for this poor woman. Happiness always passed her by...[Collapse]
