Sakutaro Makimura (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) is a novelist obsessed with science fiction. He resigned from the factory in his early years and devoted himself to writing science fiction novels. Although the limelight of science fiction novels has gradually been taken away by romance novels, he is willing to be lonely and has always worked hard for his ideals. Sakutaro's wife Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) loves this somewhat naive husband. She works hard in the bank during the day, and manages their ordinary family at night and on holidays, taking care of Sakutaro's food, clothing and daily life. One day, Setsuko suddenly fell ill, but was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer and had less than a year to live. Upon hearing the news, Sakutaro decided to write a short story for his wife every day to keep Setsuko happy. The story was written one by one, and in the joys and sorrows, they went through more than 4 years of life together... This film is adapted from the true story of the writer Taku Memura and his wife Etsuko.