Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves his side. Yoshioka vows to change and immerses himself in writing, finally publishing a novel and receiving an award. Months pass and one day on the beautiful Ishigakijima island, a drunk Yoshioka visits a local bar and tells the proprietress, Megumi, the story of how he disappointed his wife and eventually lost her in an traffic accident. Seeing the extent of his grief, Megumi tells Yoshioka about the Ishigakijima legend about a special “fragrance satchel”. If you take the satchel with you and go to a particular lighthouse, you will be able to meet a person who has died one last time for a short duration, until the smell of the satchel fades away. She hands him this fragrance satchel.
Cheating Notes
34:01 - The struggling sensual novel author begins an affair with a female bartender. He screws her while his wife is washing the dishes at home.
43:14 - The female bartender informs the author that her violent husband has just got out of jail. She tells him that fun time is over, that he'd better return to his wife, but that he can still come to the bar anytime.
It's too bad that the author's wife doesn't cheat. He even encourages her to have an affair with say, her potential clients as an insurance saleswoman, so that he can have an inspiration for his novel (41:11).
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