In the early years of Meiji, Shimamura, who was sent as an adopted daughter because of poverty from an early age, seems to have received little mercy from heaven. Her adoptive parents died when she was about 20 years old, and her husband died in the fifth year of marriage. he managed the adoptive parents' tea shop on his own and toiled to bring up his two daughters. Second Nu Jin also (Mingji Yuzi is acted the role of) loves to draw since childhood, and has the outstanding talent. Under the guidance of Mengshi Sinai (Takashi Dufu) and the famous teacher Takagi Matsuki (Sato Takeshi), Jin also gradually made a figure in the field of painting and won several awards. However, at the same time of glory, she had to commit herself to Songxi and began the fatalistic tragedy of being a woman. The film is based on the novelist Miyao Tengmiko's original work of the same name, and won the Best supporting Actress Award (Keiko Mita) at the Daily Film and Blue Ribbon Awards in 1985.