fushin no toki
One's real wife and one's lover: The joys, displeasures, longings and high hopes of those different women."The grass is always greener on the other side." This drama depicts these different and contrasting worlds.And then there's the men who have no idea what is going on in the hearts of these women. Here's a chance to view a battle between two women from the sidelines.Michiko Asai (Ryoko Yonekura) is a housewife living in a one-family house somewhere in Tokyo. She's been married eight years now to Yoshio (Ken Ishiguro), who works for a major advertising firm. Three years ago, she discovered that Yoshio was having an affair. Michiko was called by her husband's lover Chizuko Osawa (Saki Takaoka), who told her that her husband didn't consider her to be a woman. Since then, Michiko has been paying a lot of attention to her looks and appearance to keep Yoshio interested in her, making special dishes for him every night and doing her very best to be a devoted and attractive wife.