A year into her marriage, she cannot stand living with her father-in-law Ippei. Cohabitation was a condition of the marriage, and he seemed kind at first, but soon began interfering with the housework as her underwear repeatedly disappeared. Her husband promises to discuss it after his five-day business trip. Once he leaves, she enters the room Ippei has forbidden her to visit and finds it covered in secretly taken photos of her. She tries to flee, but Ippei is already behind her. Saying that she has discovered everything, he attacks her.