A movie of sensuality and melancholy about a widow living with her father-in-law who suffers from dementia, and the inescapable reality that surrounds her! Wakako, a devoted widow, lives with her father-in-law, who is in a nursing home for dementia. Having been deprived of a man for some time, Wakako gives her body to the director of the home. And Wakako's desires begin to flow as if a dam has broken...
Onoue Wakaba
Masahiro Tabuchi
A movie of sensuality and melancholy about a widow living with her father-in-law who suffers from dementia, and the inescapable reality that surrounds her! Wakako, a devoted widow, lives with her father-in-law, who is in a nursing home for dementia. Having been deprived of a man for some time, Wakako gives her body to the director of the home. And Wakako's desires begin to flow as if a dam has broken...
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