“I will not be defeated!” These are the words that Shinobu (Nagiko TONO), the heroine of this drama repeats over and over again as she encounters the numerous cruel and weighing events of her life.
Two babies girls are born, one from a rich doctor’s family, the other in the family of a fisherman. An accident occurs during the absence of the doctor, and his daughter is burnt and injured. Ignoring the advice of his wife to apologize for the wound, the fisherman decides to exchange the babies. So they raise Shinobu, the daughter of the doctor, while Chizuko (Mami KUROSAKA), their real daughter, is raised in the doctor’s family. Eighteen years later, their paths cross, their fate continues to be deeply intertwined.