During World War II, Suzu, an eighteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima, Japan, gets married through arrangement and moves to Kure city where a Japanese major naval base was established. She…

Imprisoned by a sorcerer who fears she will rob him of eternal life, guileless young Princess Arete befriends a villager who helps her plan an escape.

Japan, 1943, throughout World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village nearby Hiroshima to wed and live with her inlaws at Kure, a military sanctuary. Her ingenuity to overcome anxiety…