Setsuko (Kinuyo Tanaka) who is married to Mimura (So Yamamura) with no job and drunk most of the time, follows tradition and is faithful to him. Her free-spirited and modernized sister Mariko (Hideko Takamine), tries to connect Setsuko with Hiroshi (Ken Uehara) who just came back from France and Setsuko's former lover.
Setsuko (Kinuyo Tanaka) who is married to Mimura (So Yamamura) with no job and drunk most of the time, follows tradition and is faithful to him. Her free-spirited and modernized sister Mariko (Hideko Takamine), tries to connect Setsuko with Hiroshi (Ken Uehara) who just came back from France and Setsuko's former lover.
