故事发生在寒冷的冬夜，一对善良勤恳的夫妻经营着一家面馆，某日，一位满脸疲惫的母亲带着两个孩子光顾了这家面馆，然而，他们三人却只点了一碗荞麦面，很显然，经济上的拮据困扰着这个破碎的家庭。夫妻两人热情的接待了他们。第二年，这个特殊的家庭再度来到了面馆，母亲告诉老板娘，她的丈夫去世了，去世前留下了大笔的债务，需要靠她来偿还。之后的每一年，母亲都在用她的出现告诉老板和老板娘，她依然坚强着活着。然而，从某一年开始，母亲再也没有出现过了，之后的每一年亦如是，一转眼十四年过去，面馆的夫妻依然没有忘记这位生死未卜的坚强女性。
Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
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