Mayako Mizukoshi is a 32-years-old housewife and she has been married for 5 years. Mayako is not happy with her marriage. Her husband doesn't look at her as a woman. Music critic Michihiko Kudo appears in front of her. He approaches Mayako and they fall into a forbidden love. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Fukigen na Kajitsu" (published in 1996) by Hayashi Mariko.