A summary of postcards

In Japan at the end of World War II, 65,438,000 middle-aged men were drafted into the army, and their superiors decided the battlefield they were going to by drawing lots. After the lottery, Matsuyama Kaitai (Etsushi Toyokawa) received a postcard from his comrade-in-arms, Naoko Morikawa (Naomasa Musaka), which read the bitter words of his wife Tomoko (Shinobu Otake). "There is a festival today, but because you are not here, I feel meaningless." Due to the strict inspection of the military letter, Dingzuo failed to reply to his wife in time. He is about to be sent to the Philippines, where the war is raging. He is ready to die. Ask Kaitai who is stationed in the local treasure hill. If Kaitai can survive the war, please take this postcard to Tomoko.

"Tell her I read the postcard."

After the war, only 6 middle-aged soldiers in 100 survived, and Kaitai was one of them. When he returned to his hometown, he found no one at home. Rumors about his death have already spread throughout his hometown, and his wife has become his father's lover. Knowing that Kaitai was still alive, they both left home. The shock of reality made Qitai lose the motivation of life. He did nothing all day, until one day, he dug out the postcard entrusted to him by the customs.

On the other hand, friends who lost their husbands are immersed in grief, while in-laws hope their friends will continue to live with them on the grounds of old age and weak health. In addition, there is a unique custom in the village where Dingzao is located. After the death of the eldest son, the second son will be the heir to marry his sister-in-law. Tomoko's family was helpless, and she cursed the evil war for taking away her husband and happy life. In the end, she can only choose to stay and live with her relatives. After the simple wedding, Naoko Waichuan and his younger brother Sanping (Tae In) got married, but Sanping joined the army and soon died in the battle. In the following years, my in-laws passed away one after another, and my lonely friend stayed alone in the Morikawa family's old house, and the evening scene was bleak. On this day, Kaitai visited Tomoko with postcards. In the face of this poor woman who lost her family, her happy life, and finally nothing, she felt that Kaitai, who was living in the world, had a great sense of guilt. These two people who lost everything because of the war finally chose to join hands and embark on a road of rebirth.