Tôta Komizu

Dans la région d’Asuka, berceau du Japon, Takumi mène une double vie : tranquille avec Tetsuya son mari, passionnée avec son amant Kayoko, sculpteur qui lui fait découvrir les plaisirs simples de la nature. Takumi apprend qu’elle est enceinte. L’arrivée de cet enfant est l’occasion pour chacun de prolonger son histoire familiale et ses rêves inassouvis. Mais bientôt, Takumi devra choisir avec qui elle veut faire sa vie. Comme au temps des Dieux qui habitaient les trois montagnes environnantes, la confrontation est inévitable.

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...