Mami (Minami Tanaka) is a writer in her thirties who shot to fame a decade prior when she published an essay on the value and happiness to be found in living as an independent woman. Though the essay gained her a mass readership, her more recent writing has not been successful. As she finds herself in this slump, she begins to worry about remaining single for the rest of her life.

Meanwhile, three other women have gradually begun to doubt their own beliefs and lives – Yukino (Miwako Ichikawa), who, inspired by Mami’s book, is determined to stay single; Ayaka (Eri Tokunaga), a mother of one who is an Instagram housewife; and Miho (Sayuri Matsumura) who uses her youthful charms while earning a living as a sugar baby.

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2022 is organised by the Japan Foundation, with Major Support from Yakult and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, with Sponsorship in Kind from SUQQU and Athletia, and in Cultural Partnership with The Japan Society and JAL.

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