Masato Harada	...	(Director)
Hisashi Inoue, Masato Harada	...	(Writer)
Yô Ôizumi	...
Hikari Mitsushima	...
Erika Toda	...
Rina Uchiyama	...
Misuzu Kanno	...
Hyunri	...	Osen
Hana Hizuki	...
Katsumi Kiba	...
Kirin Kiki	...
Midoriko Kimura	...
Yukiya Kitamura	...
Jun Hashimoto	...
Shinji Takeda	...
Tsutomu Yamazaki	...

Comments: Fast paced and funny. Two different women seek shelter in a Monastery for two years. The humor seems new or different to me from other Japanese humor. It's occasionally whacky but it isn't a comedy. Hikari Mitsushima redeems herself quite a bit here. She really sunk into the being in the film. Good performances and quality abound but this doesn't seem like a film many people would want to see. Edo Period, ho-hum. It's good but inconsequential.

Summary: Set in the Edo period during a time when the divorce rate was actually 2x higher than the present day.

A thrift ordinance has been announced by the government and the lives of common people get worse. During this time, many woman who want to divorce run to the Tokei-ji which is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan. The Tokei-ji helps women who are abused from their husbands and get divorced if they so desire.

Nobujiro Nakamura (Yo Oizumi) is a doctor and wants to be a literary writer. He is staying at the Goyo yado in Tokei-ji. Nobujiro Nakamura tries to help the women with various ideas to start a new life. He develops feelings for one of those women. Jogo (Erika Toda) runs to the Tokei-ji because she is sick and tired of her husband. Her husband doesn't take responsibility for his family and does whatever he wants. A concubine, Ogin (Hikari Mitsushima), for a wholesale dealer runs to the Tokei-ji.

Does Nobujiro Nakamura love Jogo, Ogin or a different woman ?