1945年8月9日,美国向日本投下原子弹。就读医科大的青年浩二(二宫和也 饰)在毫无征兆的情况下死于非命。转眼三年过去,浩二的母亲福原伸子(吉永小百合 饰)似乎渐渐承认了儿子已不在人间的事实,她的丈夫、两个儿子皆已逝去,孤身一人在信仰的支撑下走过艰苦岁月。在某个夜晚,浩二突然在母亲身边现身。伸子喜出望外,和儿子热烈交谈。浩二不改善谈的个性,与妈妈有说有笑,当然他盘桓人间还有一个理由,那就是记挂情投意合的未婚妻佐多町子(黑木华 饰)。町子而今在某个小学担任教员,她念念不忘浩二,为此耽搁了自己的婚事。
死去的人,和活着的人,他们之间的羁绊依然紧密……。William Thornhill, an illiterate Thames bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep feelings, steals a load of timber and is transported to New South Wales in 1806. Like many of the convicts, he's pardoned within a few years and settles on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. Perhaps the Governor grants him the land or perhaps he just takes it - the Hawkesbury is at the extreme e...。