by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This provocative Japanese drama centers on an upper-middle-class couple who discover that one of their former classmates has been reduced to picking rags. The compassionate wife tries to renew her friendship with the impoverished fellow, but she and her husband end up socially chastised.
characteristics
- In A Minor Key
- Only Human
- Class Differences
- Survival
- Survivor
- Husband
- Housewife
- Home
- Upper-class
- Marriage
- Help
- Oppression
- Realization
- Poverty
- Guilt
