本片改编自《金子光晴的情书》，原著描述了诗人与常年生活在一起的女性之间的关系，东阳一将其电影化。高桥惠子与中村嘉岚雄大胆挑战爱情戏，引起话题。爱上比自己年长30多岁的诗人小田的有子在别人的白眼中每天等待着小田的到来。即使被擅自登记、擅自堕胎，有子仍继续爱着小田。。。

Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.

A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.