秋子自小因病失聪,对生命感到无奈。战祸发生后,与家人避至新泻县居住。秋子的丈夫在战乱中死去,被丈夫的家人迫回娘家。一次旧校生聚会中,认识了片山道夫,两人互相倾慕相恋,后来结了婚。纵使生活艰苦,两人互相持,齐心面对,但不幸的事却不断发生。
Hideko Takamine
Akiko Katayama
Keiju Kobayashi
Michio Katayama
Izumi Hara
Akiko's mother
Michiko Araki
Akemi Negishi
Mitsuko Kusabue
Nobuko, Akiko's sister
Yūzō Kayama
Akira
Masaya Takahashi
Someshō Matsumoto
Yōichi Numata
Koichi, Akiko's brother
Chieko Nakakita
Yoshie Minami
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Natsuko Kahara