该剧讲述了一群棒棒军在重庆朝天门码头一带,靠着一根竹棒、两条绳索,下力讨生活的故事。。冢本晋也继《野火》再探日本战败岁月,借男孩足迹和目光,贯串两个伤痕短篇。先是女人与什么都没有的小酒屋,男人来找她为了更原始生理目的,一个总是说明天带钱来的士兵,连同独来独往的男孩给她片刻家庭的憧憬。其次是退伍士兵一段路程一个任务,男孩伴随看到他手臂残废身心俱疲。三个成年角色苦苦挣扎,未知能否走出战火阴影,男孩却默默四处找活子,找到了一把枪。冢本晋也简明直接叙事,在豚与军舰未到来时,查察人心底里存续的微弱火苗。。During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husband killed, she flees to America, carrying his unborn child, all the while not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring。