Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination.

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking…

Henry and Nicky are small town pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger,…

Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria,…

Wendy, a young working class mom, realizes that years of medication have suppressed her latent supernatural powers. She meets a stranger, Marek, with the same background, and finds out that…

Captain Shank is an outcast officer and gets dishonorably discharged. He tries to get back on his feet, but his reputation keeps following him around ruining everything. When he meets…