Two bruised souls enact a tender, hesitant romance in a wartime love story. A soldier is forced to prolong his stay at a rural spa when he accidentally cuts his foot on a hairpin. Soon enough he tracks down its lovely owner and finds himself smitten.

Japanese collection. Based on the novel "Yottsu no yubune" by Masuji Ibuse. A foreign film (Japan). Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.