JUE-019 A married woman who returned to her rural mountain village after a quarrel with her husband. Her sense of propriety is shaken by relationships with men in secluded places: with an ex-boyfriend, with her lecherous stepfather kept secret from her mother, and with the liquor store owner’s son whom she once dated. Mio Saionji

Mio and her husband had grown distant because of tension with her mother-in-law, so she decided to return to her hometown for a while. Mio was waiting at a bus stop when a small truck passed by. Inside was a man she had dated long ago. As Mio and her former boyfriend caught up on each other’s lives, their old feelings naturally resurfaced.

When Mio returned to her family home, her mother and stepfather, whom her mother had remarried, welcomed her. Mio had also been close with her stepfather, and they soon embraced again.

A few days after Mio returned to the countryside, the liquor store owner came by. He was a man Mio had once been involved with. Seeing Mio’s current situation, he confessed his feelings to her…