A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
Ryoichi Morita
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Noboru, Ryoichi's brother
Shun-don
Hisako, Shinkichi's sister
Mr. Mitsui, Noboru's friend
Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Natsuko
Shinkichi, Hiroko's friend