He story follows Benio “Haikara-san” Hanamura, who lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy — contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions instead of the traditional kimono, and is not as interested in housework as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman’s right to a career and to marry for love.
讲述了一个关于旧时代新女性的故事。讲述运动神经过度发达剑道无敌的红绪，知道与伊集院家的少爷指腹为婚时她毅然反抗家庭。然而命运的红线，终于还是把红绪与伊集院忍牵在了一起。几乎是在第一眼看到红绪就爱上她的伊集院，包容她一切的任性，支持她走在时代前端的女权主义。爱上这样的一个男人，对红绪来说，几乎是理所当然……然而战争分开了他们，伊集院忍必须上前线抗击俄国（日俄战争）。当红绪收到忍的死讯的时候，比哭泣更重要的，是守护无后的伊集院家……伊集院家只剩下忍的爷爷和几个家仆。红绪成为了女记者，在这个女人只能是男人的附属品的时代，开拓起自己的人生之路……
Haikara-San Ga Tooru Movie 1: Benio Hana No 17-Sai
