At the beginning of 1975, Yukiko, the young proprietress of the Sakuradani-kan hot spring inn, fell into a coma for unknown reasons. Her only daughter, Hinami, who was attending a boarding school for girls in Tokyo, was summoned to her birthplace, Sengatake Village, by a telegram informing her of her mother’s critical condition.
Upon returning to her hometown for the first time in two years, she is told a shocking revelation by the village doctor, Reiko.
Her mother, Yukiko, who had never regained consciousness, was pregnant with a six-month-old fetus in her belly.
[It’s impossible for Mother to be pregnant…! Who is it?]Saemon, Yukiko’s husband and Hinami’s father, died in a fire the summer of last year. It was difficult for her to accept her mother’s pregnancy as she was in mourning. However, further confusion awaited her.Three men appear claiming to have imp**gnated her, and begin to fight over custody of Hinami and the vast wealth of the Sakuradani family.
