夏耘秋收、冬藏春生，市子繼續慢活人生。在忙於入冬前採收、農務和鑽研料理之際，收到媽媽寄來一封信。市子對於母親多年前的不辭而別一直無法釋懷，透過味增醬烤飯糰、鯡魚佃煮蘿 蔔、馬鈴薯麵包......每道食譜都暗藏一段回憶，逐漸讓她感受到與母親之間的情感。面對即將來臨的春天，市子透過料理將悲傷 完全釋放，慢慢明白自己一直在逃避。冬春篇延續前作對自然萬物的細膩描繪，從料理烹調和作物種植之中滲透人生的哲理，導演森淳一進一步著墨於市子與小森居民的情感變化，岩手縣壯闊的冬日雪景、神樂舞祭典，呈現日本東北的四季風光與傳統美。

Mori Junichi’s soothing four-part film series based on Igarashi Daisuke’s manga concludes with the winter and spring chapters which are again filled with scrumptious recipes of seasonal treats, like natto mochi and holiday cake, that reveal telling memories and stories about troubled heroine Ichiko (Hashimoto Ai) and her relationship with her mother. As the seasons progress, the residents of Aomori prepare for the frost and a new cycle of crops. The beautiful town is blanketed in snow, then blooming in renewal, and Ichiko too emerges from her shell to make a decision about her life and where she belongs.