凯瑟琳是瑞典移民赫尔斯特隆家惟一的女儿，因为不满足于乡村生活，她决定离家到城市里去学习医务护理，好在毕业后进医院做一个护士。可是事不如愿，她在还没有到达目的地的时候就被油漆匠阿道夫骗走了身上带的学费。无奈，她只好应聘了广告上的大房子里的女佣。大房子里住着年轻的议员葛兰·莫雷，他的母亲，以及管家约瑟夫·克兰西。凯瑟琳的出现似乎给这个略显沉闷的家带来了一丝活力。她热情好学，而且在乡间生活的历练使得她还非常能干。见过她一面之后，葛兰的母亲、老莫雷夫人就决定雇佣这个年轻的女孩，虽然她可能只在这里工作2个月。除了能干家务，凯瑟琳煮的咖啡比约瑟夫煮的好，她的做饭手艺似乎征服了年轻议员的胃口。而葛兰也似乎爱上了这个淳朴的姑娘，他甚至会一时脑热地和她一起去滑冰。

A young, bored king will lose his throne to his married nephew unless he weds before reaching thirty. To his mother's despair, the king has no interest in the suitors she has parading for twelve years, only caring for astronomy. A landless farmer's daughter cunningly abuses this passion to attract royal attention and successfully ask for land the family can farm. Having found a golden mortar on it, the honest father brings it to his majesty, but is jailed, suspected of holding back a golden pestle. The daughter gets him freed by winning a riddle dare, with the unsolicited extra price of became the royal fiancee. That ill-considered engagement is easily compromised by challenging the king's misrule on an absurd foal claim.

Baron von und zu Wildungen enjoys giddy king Richard's favor, but not his 'election' as husband for the airhead princess Zilly, so he promises to find her a better catch. The baron aims at studious or prince Arthur, who drives his grim father king Johann to despair by showing no interest in matters of state or suitable girls. The only exception is farm maiden Siebenschön ''seven beauty'), whose parents are arrested and the homestead burnt on the baron's instructions. Masquerading as a knave, she finds employ as king's servant and uses the medicinal skills she learned in the nunnery to deal with his back-ache better then the official quack.

Chom是一个hi-so女孩，她被母亲强迫嫁给她母亲选择的人。Chom不想这样，她希望自己能够选择自己想嫁的人。她遇到了一个叫Nin的乡下人，他们开始了假结婚，以此来阻止Chom的母亲让她嫁给别人 。

Chom是一个hi-so女孩，她被母亲强迫嫁给她母亲选择的人。Chom不想这样，她希望自己能够选择自己想嫁的人。她遇到了一个叫Nin的乡下人，他们开始了假结婚，以此来阻止Chom的母亲让她嫁给别人 。

女主刘盼娣出生在一个重男轻女的家庭，从小她和姐姐刘招娣遭受不公平待遇，一切好的东西都是属于弟弟的，后来与弟弟同时参加高考，考上重点大学，弟弟成绩不好，考了一个野鸡学校，父母却不让刘盼娣上学，要把这个机会给弟弟，并且强迫刘盼娣嫁人。

一個看似幸福和樂的中產家庭，卻因19個月大的兒子乃是經由人工受孕所生，逐漸出現裂痕。究竟捐精者是誰？捐精者是否與女主人有染？而捐精者自己的家庭會否受到影響？這部解構當代核心家庭本質的傑作與質疑婚姻立場的《情炎》不僅在同一年推出，同樣由岡田茉莉子和木村功領銜主演，中心思想上更是遙相呼應，吉田喜重揚棄《秋津溫泉》藉由通俗敘事深入角色內在層次的方式，轉而以更跳躍的敘事及更風格化的場面調度，展現個人內在情慾煎熬。