Four retired geishas, four days. Sumie Tanaka and her co-author Toshiro Ide weave characters and episodes from three short stories by the writer Fumiko Hayashi into this portrait of four middle-aged women each confronted with different problems (money, love, family) but determined to find their place in the modern world, regardless of all the adversities and disappointments. The film begins and ends with Kin who speculates on the real estate market, lending money and regularly collecting the interest herself. For example, from her three former colleagues: the bar owner Nobu, Tamae who works in a hotel and Tami who gets by with black market activity. Undramatic but with moments of comedy, this is a character study of four women who live outside traditional norms.
(Arsenal Kino)