梅约(理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰)是一名预备海军飞行员,一次偶然中,他和朋友希德(大卫·凯斯 David Keith 饰)结识了名叫保拉(德博拉·温格 Debra Winger 饰)和琳奈特(丽萨·布伦特 Lisa Blount 饰)的两位女子,四人共度了一段充满了快乐的时光。
训练营里的生活非常之苦,要命的是,梅约竟然落到了从来都是以严格著称的福里(小路易斯·格赛特 Louis Gossett Jr. 饰)手里,境遇可想而知。琳奈特一心想傍一个飞行管,而保拉却深深的爱上了梅约,可是为了自己的前途,梅约和保拉最终还是分手了。琳奈特怀孕的消息让希德放弃了自己的大好前程,决定和琳奈特共度余生,可是,琳奈特已经不想再理会如今只是一介凡夫俗子的希德,不仅如此,她怀孕的消息也系捏造。受到了深深伤害的希德选择了自杀,而目睹这一切的梅约则失去了对保拉的信任。
After the Great Earthquake in Northeastern Japan, Mitsuo is sent to a mental hospital from the strain of grief from working to clear out the debris of the disaster. When he is released 3 years later, he feels a moment of happiness as he is welcomed back by his brother Yuta, his wife Yoko, their first daughter Chie, and their second daughter Itsuki, who has a down syndrome.The next day, Chie wishes to go to the amusement park, and Mitsuo takes Chie and Itsuki there. But these happy moments don't last long, and the incident happens at the park. Chie dropped Itsuki on the concrete when Mitsuo took his eyes off of them. Yoko cannot accept Itsuki's death, madly questions Chie and Mitsuo. In this pressure, Chie lies that "Uncle Mitsuo dropped Itsuki." As Yoko goes through a mental breakdown from the shock. Becoming full with regret day by day, Yoko accuses Yuta and questions if he felt relieved that Itsuki died. Hearing this fight between her parents, Chie's heart was also slowly being ...