Flame and Girl

A seemingly happy and harmonious middle-class family, but because their 19-month-old son was born through artificial insemination, cracks gradually appeared. Who is the sperm donor? Did the sperm donor have an affair with the mistress? Will the sperm donor's own family be affected? This masterpiece, which deconstructs the nature of the contemporary nuclear family, was not only released in the same year as "Love Flame", which questioned the stance of marriage, but also starred Okada Mariko and Kimura Isao. The central ideas echoed each other. Yoshida Yoshige abandoned "Akitsu Onsen" to delve into the inner levels of the characters through popular narratives, and instead used more jumping narratives and more stylized scene scheduling to show the inner torment of personal passion.