Petals of a Married Woman — Koharu Miike

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Koharu Miike runs a café somewhere in Tokyo. Her husband runs a restaurant as an Italian owner-chef. The busy couple lead separate lives and even spend their days off apart. One day, while cleaning the room, she finds a hostess's business card. It appears her husband had been going out at night to relieve the sexual frustration in their marriage. She told him she wanted to spend warmer, more affectionate time together, but received no good response and realized his feelings had cooled. Filled with loneliness, she turns to an affair website to escape reality.