An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.