Satomi, a wife who feels lonely for her husband who is completely absorbed in work every day and doesn't care for him. Satomi's father-in-law, Ginji, sees through her stress and gives a blow to Satomi, who is on the verge of despair. Satomi, who senses the masculinity of a former mountaineer in the usually gentle Ginji, tearfully pleads, ``Please scold me more for my no-goodness.'' Seeing this, Ginji binds Satomi in a tortoise shell with the rope he used to use when he was a mountaineer, in order to mediate between his son and his wife and convey the importance of bonds.