She discovered her love of the stage in her high-school drama club, but gave up her dream of becoming an actress because her parents opposed it. After junior college she found a job, then married a salesman five years her senior at 26 and soon had a son. Years later, taking part in a city-sponsored play with her son inspires him to pursue acting. She then begins an illicit affair with Koichi Takahashi, the director of his theater company. They meet and have sex in secret again and again, and although she knows it is wrong and loves her family, the married woman keeps surrendering to her consuming lust.