The young Shizu is chosen as a bride for Shinnosuke. Yet on the day of their formal introduction, he falls in love with Shizu’s older sister Oyu at first sight, a widow with a child who is forbidden from remarrying according to the traditions of the Meiji era. When Shizu realizes that Shinnosuke actually loves her sister, she suggests to him a solution as bold as it is self-denying: they will pretend to marry so that Shinnosuke can remain close to Oyu. A love triangle develops from this, which oscillates between unconditional love and powerlessness against social conventions
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