As Manbei Kohayagawa, a widowed sake brewery owner in Kyoto, approaches his senior years, he focuses on securing the financial futures of his three daughters. His eldest, Fumiko, is married to Hisao, who works at the brewery. The second daughter, Akiko, is a widow with a young son, while the youngest, Noriko, is still unmarried. Kohayagawa's efforts to find husbands for Akiko and Noriko are aided by his younger brother-in-law, Yanosuke Kitagawa.
The End of Summer
An aging sake brewer's family grows worried about his financial and health struggles after they uncover his secret visits to a former mistress from his youth.
