I watched this movie in pieces over several days, in order to finish the 5+ hour run time. This allowed me to process what I watched during each time. The movie portrays how 4 Japanese women are dealing with each other and their personal lives. The conversations they had were interesting at some moments, but overall it magnified how they weren't able to communicate properly. Not with each other, and not with their husbands either. Each woman seemed listless and just floating through their lives, unhappy, and unsure what to do about it. But maybe that is the life and culture in Japan.