A father with no wife has three daughters with the oldest one (played by Hara Setsuko) at the age to be married off, which means the man needs to re-marry in order for someone to take care of him and his daughters. With the eldest and father now married, there is tension and an uncomfortable distance between the two remaining daughters and the mother-in-law. The man admonishes his daughters and notices that his middle daughter is hiding a photograph of her mother that she talks to every day. The father takes the photo away from his daughter.