Bonds of Love

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story Tazutazushi Ryohei Suzuki a manager at a travel company is married to his superiors daughter but tires of their authority over his life A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryoheis life and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love Yukiko however reveals that she has a violent husband in prison with only a week left until his release Ryohei desperate to maintain his social standing brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable tragic chain of events