Un hombre triste y preocupado, Reikichi Mayumi (Masayuki Mori), encuentra un nuevo trabajo cinco años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Él escribirá cartas de amor de otras personas. Sus ideas sobre el amor y sus principios personales serán probados cuando se reencuentra con su ex novia, Michiko (Yoshigo Kuga), una mujer con un pasado oscuro marcado por la guerra.
Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.
