Koi

The story is set in the 70s. Fumiko is a university student, who gets involved romantically with her assistant professor Katase Shintaro and his wife Hinako. However, on 28 February 1972, the police finds Shintaro seriously injured and a young man working in a electronics store dead in a bungalow at Karuizawa while Fumiko and Hinako are also present at the scene. The truth behind the case is not known and the case is quickly classified as a crime of passion which leads to Fumiko being sent to prison. 40 years later, a report writer Torigai Mitsuhiko comes to know about this case and goes to interview the elderly Fumiko in prison which leads him to find out what really happened at the bungalow.
~~ Adapted from the novel “Koi” by Koike Mariko.