Hitomi Honjo, a married woman who has come to live in a quiet mountain village, faces the harsh traditions of her new home. In this village, if a couple bears no child within five years, the wife is divorced and the entire family is cast out. After four years without conceiving, Hitomi comes under intense pressure from her father-in-law and the village chief. With survival at stake, she feels she has no choice but to accept her fate. Yet deep inside, she refuses to give up hope entirely. This is a quiet, intimate portrayal of her emotional struggle.