Kentaro Katsura

Akiko is the heiress of a lumber business family that spans many generations. She married Hiroshi, a company man, and was leading a plain and happy life. But dark clouds overcast Akiko’s happy life when Hiroshi starts an affair with Michiyo, an underclassman from the school Akiko attended. Then Shinji, who used to work in the family lumber business, enters her life the turmoil of men-women relationships becomes tempestuous.

Yumiko lives with her son and former boxer Keigo, and is on good terms with her neighbor Ryoko. Ryoko is having an affair with aspiring novelist Mukai, but it seems to be approved by her husband. One day, by chance, Yumiko and Mukai start a relationship...