Arquivo / 49ª mostra

Tane runs a small, cheap inn mostly frequented by couples. The father of her three grown-up children is married to another woman and little more than a guest in the family. Despite all this though, they all make an effort to project a sense of respectability. Matsuko, the eldest daughter, gets engaged to her work colleague Kazuo, but when her family background is revealed, her fiancé submits to pressure from his mother and breaks off the relationship. Matsuko then moves to Kobe, where she finds work in a nightclub. Two years after, Kazuo is wanted by the police because of a bribery scandal in his company, and seeks Matsuko to hide out in her flat.