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1950s, northern Japan. Amidst the tranquil snowscape unfolds a captivating wedding tradition: A bride is escorted on a horse-drawn sleigh to her destined home. Kazuko defies the arranged marriage, embracing love with Yutaka. Their story reflects the evolving landscape of post-war Japan's traditions, society, and family bonds.
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JA

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.