A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a perfume ad about regret
Acting
Kaho's face does more storytelling than the dialogue
Production
That wedding-to-hotel transition sequence is *chef's kiss*
Director
Yukiko Mishima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Tomoko Yamashita's josei manga, which treats female infidelity with rare complexity rather than moral punishment.
Yukiko Mishima specifically cast Kaho against type after seeing her 'controlled chaos' in previous roles — the stillness here is deliberate subversion.
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