2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However, after being told that her younger sister, Junko, fall in love with a man and is currently living with him. She was determined to discover who was the man who won her sister's heart. But what will happen when she found out that the man in question is Shuhei, her first love?
Acting
Chieko Matsubara's devastating slow-burn collapse
Direction
Saitō's claustrophobic domestic tension
Director
Kōsei Saitō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a popular enka song by Hibari Misora — yes, this melodrama started as a three-minute ballad about sisterly betrayal.
The film captures early '70s Japan's anxiety about women entering the workforce; Kumi's office job and independence make her 'threatening' to traditional family structures.
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