Try as he might, the roguishly handsome Cliff Starkey, just can't keep out of trouble. In his sleepy home town on the English coast, nothing much inspires him...apart from bowls. Cliff has always preferred to play by his own rules much to the disapproval of the regimented, elderly bowls fraternity. Before long, the bay boy of bowls is turning the sedate and very English pastime...。A beautiful young woman in the South of France is stalked by, then raped by, a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. Later, an American investigator turns up, and to her horror he seems to know everything about what she has done......。独子去世,二阶堂家长男辰也不仅要承受子逝妻离的伤痛,还得顶着家族香灯后继无人的压力。病重母亲心急如焚,辰也和女儿由子其中一人必须作出牺牲:辰也放弃所爱之人,娶能生子的女人,或是由子嫁肯入赘的夫婿。以《伊朗式再婚》(40届)崭露头角的导演潘娜娴德,伙拍监制河濑直美,以朴实自然的伊朗风格,拍出日系的含蓄细腻,在淡淡和风中,刻划个人自由与家庭责任的矛盾挣扎;放诸两地传统根深的社会,原来殊途同归。。