Kenji Ooe

昭和17年、山陰地方のある山村。封建的な地主・園田の跡取り息子、順吉は、親が決めた婚約者がいながら山番の娘・小雪と恋仲になり、周囲の猛反対を押し切って駆け落ちを決行。日本海に面したとある漁村で、ささやかだが2人きりの幸せな新婚生活を送り始める。だが順吉には召集令状が届き、彼は戦地へと出征。そしてある日を境に彼からの便りがぱったりと途絶え、小雪は順吉の消息が一切つかめないまま、孤独に戦後を迎える。

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as the eye can see. People treated him with respect. But even the richest must think about the future. One day, he decides to arrange a marriage between his only son, Junkichi and the daughter of an even more powerful family. Sobei, hoping to benefit from this union, soon discovers that his son was in love with a lower class girl.