Synopsis

Ichimura Kazuya is a marathon runner, his long strides fueled by a need to provide for his mother. She indulges in beautiful kimonos, a passion that necessitates his part-time work as a paperboy. His parents’ home is perpetually strained by unspoken resentment; his father offers her no attention, and she, believing him secretly generous, uses money she believes is his – really Kazuya’s – to acquire more garments in the hope of regaining his affection. Kazuya blames the salesman Saito for their p