On a hot summer’s day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko’s teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own …
“Kenapa badanku yang seenaknya merasa lapar dan seenaknya menstruasi ada di sini? Aku merasa terkurung di dalam badan ini. Terus, cuma karena sudah lahir, aku harus hidup, makan terus, cari uang terus, hidup terus.” Di musim panas itu, Natsu memperoleh kunjungan dari kakaknya, Makiko. Ia datang bersama anak perempuannya, Midoriko. Sang kakak datang ke Tokyo untuk mencari layanan operasi …
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone in an overwhelming city and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than her colleague, Hijiri. But a chance encounter with a man named Mitsutsuka awakens something new in her. Through their weekly meetings, Fuyuko starts to see the world in a different light and still, painful memorie…