Overview
The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train is Takahara Miki and her sister Sachi. Miki and Sachi are the daughters of a wealthy landlord living in a village in the Tsugaru area in Aomori prefecture, but they have been living in Tokyo since before the war to attend school. After seeing her village does not have a doctor, Miki is determined to become a rural doctor.
Cast
- Yoshiko Mita as Takahara Miki
- Mako Ishino as Takahara Sachi
- Yoshiko Kuga as Takahara Chie
- Tetsuro Tamba as Takahara Masamichi
- Taro Ishida as Hiromichi
- Shirō Ōsaka as Kudo Seikichi
- Harue Akagi as Kudo Ine
- Masatô Ibu as Iwata Gozo
- Senri Yamazaki as Iwata Hatsuko
- Kin Sugai as Iwata Teru