Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
as Fumiko Shimojô
as Mori
as Akira Ôtsuki
as Kinuko
as Yoshio
as Yamagami
as Seiko
as Tatsuko
as Mrs. Shirakawa
as Neighbor's wife
as Shigeru Anzai
as Hide's husband
as Hide