Teachers suitcase

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers Sensei in a bar He is at least thirty years her senior retired and she presumes a widower After this initial encounter the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake and as the seasons pass from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love