It is a cold day in February in the year 1936. An infant is found left and nestled near a confectionery store. Mitsuko and Heizo take pity and adopt the child. Torajiro is a good child and acts to the satisfaction of mother and father. Then comes little sister Sakura. It should be a family living happily, but instead the generals start the war machine and with that in gear we have the father drafted and dispatched to fight in the war soon enough.
