Madoka Matsuba

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Kyoka Kadowaki

Toshio runs a small company, but at home, he is a selfish man who subjects his wife, Kyoka, to violence. He summons his subordinate, Masumoto, to their home to help with a move. Kyoka feels a certain affinity for Masumoto, sensing a resemblance between his timid nature and her own. Amidst this, a new female employee named Riko causes trouble, forcing Toshio to leave the house. Left with some unexpected free time, the two begin to talk, and Kyoka finds herself drawn to Masumoto—a man who is the polar opposite of her husband—but...

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Makiko Saito

Kazumi has been married to Naoki for four years. Troubled by a stale sex life with her husband—and having failed to reach climax again that night—she indulged in masturbation using a vibrator. The next morning, Kazumi accidentally threw away the envelope containing her husband's paycheck along with the burnable trash. Desperate to fix the situation before he found out, she turned to a dating site to solicit paid dates...