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.
Yoshiko Mita
Mako Ishino
Yoshiko Kuga
Tetsuro Tamba
Tarō Ishida
Shirō Ōsaka
Harue Akagi
Masatô Ibu
Senri Yamazaki
Kin Sugai
Daisuke Kobayashi
Kato Akihito
Shinichi Uchida
Sato Omi
Eisaku Shindō
Nikaido Chihiro
Miho Takagi
Ai Shimizu
Takamatsu Ryoko
Nami Miyahara
Ayako Kobayashi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Chineko Sugawara
Junpei Kusami