A repressed matriarch and unfortunately over-the-top circumstances - a disquieting earthquake, crushing debt, a dying ex-husband, a raging co-worker, and her son's girlfriend that take her to the brink.

Atsushi is a civic construction worker who was widowed following a random murder. Toko's husband is neither interested in her nor in how his mother treats his wife. Shinomiya is a lawyer whose homosexuality has lead to...