Kitazawa Taro played a central role in post-war Japan's modern poetry movement due to the launch of the poetry magazine 'Arechi' with fellow poets in 1947. 28 years later in 1975, the 53-year-old works at a newspaper's proofreading department as he continues to compose poetry and cherishes ordinary happiness every day. But one day, Kitazawa falls in love with Akiko, the wife of his good friend Mitamura Kiichi. He abandons his wife and two children and leaves home.