Ikeda Kunihiko

1962, an archipelago in the Far East. The "Iron Curtain" is lowered on Tokyo, a city divided into east and west and separated by a wall. A girl, Emilia, crosses a dangerous bridge as an escape contractor.

The story of Shima Yasujirou, a railway engineer of the Meiji era.

The story tells the story of the young train conductor Ogino from the beginning of his career in the late 1940s to his involvement in his colleagues' struggles related to the privatization of the Japanese railways.

The Pacific during World War II. The destroyer Yukikaze was always on the front lines. Beneath its bridge, there were men who neither handled weapons nor participated in operations, but continuously cooked meals for the soldiers. They were called the cooks. The ultimate culinary tale of these men who sustained the stomachs of war begins!!