It is 1868 Japan and the dawn of the new Meiji era. A military officer from Kyushu, who is honest, monk-like, stoic, straight-edge and does not consort with women lest he becomes weak, lives next door to a businessman and the latter's family. The businessman has a daughter and, as chance would have it, is rescued by the officer one day. She falls in love with him. Moreover, whe...