Birdcatcher Esmar and his wife Johanna face eviction from their farm in Gásadalur unless they have a son. Desperation sets in when Johanna gives birth to their third daughter. Pushed to the brink, Johanna is impregnated by another man, a French Captain, and gives birth to a son, known as ‘the birdcatcher’s son’. Everything seems perfect until the French Captain returns.。日本前任首相东条英机在1945年东京审判时被作为A级战犯判决,同时,在横浜地方法院,战时发令层的B级战犯和作为执行者的C级战犯审判也在进行中,其中包括了曾作为东海军司令官的冈田资中将和19名空袭时被逮捕的部下。在美军首席辩护人的辩护下,棉队法庭,冈田开始讲述战时所发生的事情……。