简介
在高知县的某渔港小镇，结束了无望婚姻的直子（菅野美穂 饰）带着女儿回到了这里。她的母亲胜子（夏木マリ 饰）经营着镇上唯一一家美发店“常开野蔷薇”，那些中老年妇女经常聚在店里，肆无忌惮地谈着爱情、性和男人。直子有两个童年的玩伴，她们也各自遭遇着痛苦的爱情。经营夜店的小美（小池栄子 饰），老公阿久公然在自己店中勾搭酒女，愤怒的她驱车撞向情敌；乖乖女模样的小友（池脇千鶴 饰）结交了数任男友，可无一例外对她非打即骂，看似体贴的丈夫则沉湎赌场无法自拔。直子偷偷地与中学教师鹿岛（江口洋介 饰）相恋，他们的爱情虚幻而美好……
本片根据西原理惠子的同名漫画改编。。天明是个职业画家，女朋友芳芳最近收养了一只小狗，他们平静的生活也就此打破。一天，因为小狗捣乱，天明第二天要交的画稿被搞的乱七八糟。心情极差的天明和芳芳大吵一架，芳芳离开了天明。从此之后，天明开始重新认识狗，这个害得他失恋的小家伙……。* Based on the manga by Inoue Noriyoshi, which has also had a SNES game spin-off. Natsume Kiroemon is the 45th leader of the Natsume family to inherit the Kouryuu no Mimi, a tool which gives its bearer easy access to wealth and women. As a result of his father's death, he leaves the Italian monastery where he had been training and to rightfully take on the name Natsume Kiroemon...。