Showa: A Widow Living Hard In Postwar Japan; A Sad Woman's Sex At The Mercy Of Men In A Country Village; A Helpful Mailman; A Love Affair With A Pushy Brother-in-law; Her Husband's Comrade In Arms; Chisato Shoda

Half a year after the broadcast announcing the end of the war. Chirato's husband still hasn't returned from the battlefield. Believing he would come back alive, Chirato lived at her husband's older brother's house. Every time a letter arrived, she hoped it was from her husband, but was always disappointed. The mailman threatened not to deliver letters and forced himself on Chirato. Her brother-in-law, who lost his wife in an air raid, tried to persuade Chirato to forget about his brother and be with him. He sought her out whenever his grandfather wasn't looking. One day, a man who had been her husband's subordinate came to see Chirato...