Tamio Shibata is a writer who stays at home but is having a writer's block. His wife, Yumi, goes to work every day and is the one paying their mortgage. The relationship between the two is cold. One day, a couple moves next door and has the same surname as them but just written in different Kanji characters. Tamio Shibata, who stays at home all day, and Asako Shibata (Iori Kogawa), the new housewife next door, meet in the hallway and naturally get closer to each other. One day, a package for the recently-transferred Shibatas is mistakenly delivered to Tamio's door. He decides to hand it next door. However, when he knocks on the door and Asako opens it, he observes that she has been drinking. He enters her place and helps her when he sees her puke in the bathroom. He decides to join her in her drinking and they tell each other about their frustrations with their workaholic partners. With a bottle of vodka and a deeper understanding between each other, the two cross the forbidden line... and the secret meetings between them begin.
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