Set in the Taisho era, this dramatic story follows married writer Marie, whose affair with her magazine editor unfolds amidst a web of complex relationships and sexual entanglements. Her life spirals into further turmoil through a secret liaison with her daughter's fiancé, while the editor becomes involved in illicit affairs with both Marie's mother and her protégée. A delicate yet shocking portrayal of human desire against the backdrop of early 20th-century Japanese society.