The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine Yumie Sone Over two hours long Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts with the first part entitled Virginity Chapter coming out in December 1931 while the second part Chastity Chapter followed in March 1932 Near the beginning of the narrative at a garden party given by the wealthy Yagibashi family in Tokyo Yumie meets Takehiko the Yagibashis playboy son and the brother of Yumies fiancé Yuzuru Yumie a young middleclass woman lives with her ailing father a retired ministry official an older sister and a younger sister still a child played by a very young Hideko Takamine Takehiko who has just returned from a trip to Europe is attracted to Yumie and contrives to have her stay overnight at his familys mansion where he takes advantage of her
