Yôko Takeuchi

Premier film commercial d'Adachi, parodie de films éducatifs sur la reproduction sexuelle. "Second réalisateur après Atsushi Yamatoya à réaliser son premier long métrage commercial chez Wakamatsu Productions, Adachi a achevé avec ce "pink" atypique un film traitant du sexe et de la reproduction. Notons à nouveau la présence de Sadao Marukido après "Quand l'embryon part braconner", dans le rôle du gynécologue délirant, et l'emprunt fait par le film aux méthodes des films éducatifs sur la sexualité dans un style rappelant les "geki-ga", ces mangas réalistes et violents des années 1960 et 1970.

Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei’s painting was praised by a great printer at the completion ceremony of the art gallery. Since he became successful as a painter, but he looked quite indifferent. Around the same time, Shohei’s sister brought Sohei’s pictures to the gallery and Shokichi noticed that she was a daughter of his first love.