At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard…

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.