The Kinema Junpo critics were, of course, mistaken to think that Naruse had abandoned his emphasis on women. His next film, Sincerity, features two strong female characters, played by Irie Takako and Murase Sachiko, each of whom have a daughter. The girls are schoolmates, but one (Nobuko) is from a middle-class home and the other (Tomiko) is from a poor family. Tomiko's mother Tsutako (Irie) is a single mother who works from home as a seamstress, while Nobuko's mother lives in an elegant home with her husband, Kei. Eventually, it is revealed that Kei had a romantic relationship with Tsutako, and may be Tomiko's father as well, but he is conscripted shortly after this revelation and goes off to war.This is very much a home front film, in which the women are involved in supporting activities, and the whole town cheers on the new recruits. As Kei is a banker, he is conscripted as an officer. He is introduced brandishing a magnificent sword, indicating his readiness for his call-up, for which everyone congratulates him when it comes. The wartime context is little more than a backdrop to the story of paternity and former love. The complex emotions among the women are conveyed through cutting on eye movements and eye lines, and through the use of the pastoral location.

讲述一个年轻的演员决定放弃表演，拍摄一部短片。由演员本人、摄影师和女主角组成的小团队来到了岩石密布、狂风大作的济州岛。为了寻找灵感，年轻的演员探索周围的环境，等待合适的光线出现，并在海岸边观察地平线。有一天，他在悬崖下的岩石中瞥见了一个身影，这促使他冒着风险，与之交流了 几句。由于这次谈话和多年前写的一首情歌，他终于有了一个故事可以讲述。

故事发生在二十世纪三十年代初期，莉莲（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）前往维也纳寻找自己曾经的好友茱莉亚（瓦妮莎·雷德格瑞夫 Vanessa Redgrave 饰），到达目的地之后，莉莲才知道，茱莉亚因为和法西斯支持者发生了激烈冲突而受伤住进了医院，之后不知所踪。在莉莲回归自己的生活之后，她意外的收到了茱莉亚的来信，在信中，茱莉亚请求莉莲帮助自己投运五万美元给反纳粹组织，尽管这一举动在当时意味着巨大的危险，但是莉莲还是答应了茱莉亚，最终，两个多年未见的好友在柏林重逢。然而，没过多久，莉莲便受到了茱莉亚的死讯，在悲痛之中，莉莲明白，自己还有未完成的任务。

赵灿（张国民 饰）曾是前途无量的运动健将，却因为一场意外而双目失明，前途化为泡影。无法接受生活巨变的他一个人坐在江边，仿佛失去了灵魂，产生了轻生的念头。此时一个名叫叶明明的女孩路过赵灿身边，苦口婆心的劝说他离开了江边。之后，赵灿来到一家盲人工厂上班，让他没有想到的是，在这里他竟然和叶明明重逢了，更让赵灿感到震惊的是，叶明明和他一样，也是一名盲人。厂长将护送赵灿上下班的工作交给了叶明明，两人在此过程中渐渐碰撞出了感情的火花。一天，赵灿和叶明明收到了一个天大的好消息，那就是他们的眼睛有了复明的希望。