Although the married couples appeared to be living ordinary lives with no complaints on the surface, deep down they seemed to be dissatisfied with each other.
The elderly Handa, Kawahara in his thirties, and the young Ishii are drinking buddies at a snack bar. When they meet, they don't talk about anything serious, but just kill time with small talk. However, today the topic turned to something rather interesting. The train molestation is usually done with fingers, so can you lick them?
Saburo runs away from home without telling his wife, Kyoko, that he was restructured. Saburo was given the name of Unkokusai when he was told by a mysterious priest, Chinkokusai, who appeared in front of him at a loss to become the same priest as himself.
Yoko is upset when her father remarries and begins rebelling against her new stepmother. First, this is accomplished by promiscuity and partying but eventually her schemes take a much darker turn.
Symphonie mixes fiction with reality. The author, Romain Schneid, tells the story of his own claustrophobia in front of the camera when, when he was 12 years old, hiding as a Jew during the German occupation, he could not leave a tiny apartment.
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.