1939年,中日战争如火如荼。年轻的女护士西樱(若尾文子 饰)被派往天津日本陆军医院工作。她的清纯美丽吸引着一曾出生入死的年轻士兵们。某晚,樱被坂本(千波丈太郎 饰)为首的一众伤兵强暴,作为惩罚,坂本被重新派往战场。两个月后,战事不断吃紧。樱受遣前去援助深县的前线医院。 在这里,因战火而负伤的士兵不计其数。樱和主治医生冈部(芦田伸介 饰)每天马不停蹄,为了保住更多人的性命,他们甚至不得不通过截肢等手段以缩短治疗时间。在此期间,樱见到了伤重濒死的坂本,抚慰了失去双臂极度痛苦的一等兵折原(川津祐介 饰),也渐渐陷入对冈部医生的依恋之中。 在战火纷飞的年代里,即便在渺小的幸福也显得奢侈和无望…… 本片根据有马赖义原作改编。In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.