A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will have to face a giant, monstrous whale.
To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers that Harumi and her adopted family are the targets of an evil gang boss. In an attempt to help them, he decides to take matters into his own hands.
En mars 1945, pendant l'offensive de l'armée américaine sur Okinawa, les jeunes filles des écoles sont ammenées sur le terrain pour soigner les blessés. Leur emblème est le lys blanc, ou une fleur de cerisier. Le film relate leur épopée jusqu'à leur sacrifice final.