Natsuko is a natural-born, self-centered con artist. Her cousin, Tetsuko, is disciplined and has worked hard to become a successful attorney. Although Tetsuko is married and has a respectable job, she feels empty and alienated by the routines of daily life. After a surprise visit from Natsuko asking for help on her divorce, Tetsuko’s daily life spirals out of control. A film directed by Kuroki Hitomi, the protagonist of the NHK TV drama Iyana Oyana (2010), which was adopted from Katsura Nozomi’s best selling novel of the same name. Kuroki is best known for her outstanding performances as an actress in dozens of films and TV dramas. Her directorial debut deftly depicts how two completely different women affect one another and gradually develop a symbiotic relationship with sympathy at its core. Someone who abuses another’s sympathy to get ahead would be considered a bad person, but someone who represses their own sympathy to protect oneself could also be considered bad. No matter how others categorize one another, we should look for happiness by focusing on the harmonious. (PARK Sungho)