在玻璃工厂工作的工人稻叶佑(草彅刚 饰)和母亲一起过着相依为命的生活,佑的母亲患有阿兹海默症,生活起居全离不开佑的照顾,每天工厂家里两点一线的佑一直都没有谈过恋爱,亦不觉的自己值得拥有那样的生活。某日,佑在山中遇见了一位名叫萌奈美(今井美树 饰)的女子,善良的佑将萌奈美带回了家中。 萌奈美在一场意外中失去了记忆,不知道自己从何而来又是何人,而萌奈美的存在渐渐唤醒了佑对于感情的渴望。终于,萌奈美找回了记忆,并误会佑一直在欺骗自己,愤然离开了佑回到东京,可是等待着她的却是冷漠的丈夫和毫无生气的家庭,萌奈美开始怀念起大雪纷飞的山形县,以及她在那里遇见的那个温柔的男人。"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.