
"The sadness of the fight is the sadness of love. The joy and decline of life that only couples know"
Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out recipes from the newspaper before he finishes reading it. Their animosities are witnessed by Fumiko's niece Ayako, who visits to complain about her own husband's inattentiveness, and their new neighbours, the Imasatos.
Fumiko Namiki

Ryotaro Namiki

Ayako (Fumiko's niece)

Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)

Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)

Toki Kurobayashi

Rin Amayama

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Kawakami

Miwa

Tada

Taneda

Division Chief

Takako (Miwa's wife)

Natsuko Ogushi

Tomiyama

Matsuno Katakura
Abe

Komori (the painter)
Open-air seller

Onikoshi
Young radio store proprietor

Roasted sweet potato seller
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Soba seller
Pharmacist