Directed by: Yasuzō Masumura
Overview
Namiko Kawashiro was unhappy with her husband because he was having an affair with a younger woman who worked for Mr. Ishizuka, a business competitor of her husband. Mr. Kawashiro entertained the young woman often and also received business intelligence from her. Ishizuka got wise to this and approached Namiko with the desire to get some inside information on her husband's business. Kawashiro discovers his plan and decides to use his wife to prevent Ishizuka from buying up his company's stock. Meanwhile, Namiko begins to play around in the hope that she can get a divorce. She and Ishizuka get serious and he makes a deal with Kawashiro not to bankrupt his company in exchange for granting Namiko a divorce. However, one of Ishizuka's girlfriends gets wind of this and kills him. Life is hard, then you die