A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.