九歲就進芭蕾學校的歐姍娜，一心想成為芭蕾女伶，同時報答媽媽苦心栽培她跳舞，遠離貧窮的夢想。為了跳出曼妙的舞姿，多年來永無止境的練習、嚴格的體重控制，以及犧牲與同年齡的孩子應有的自由，是芭蕾少女必經的犧牲之路。伴隨著許多挫敗、淚水、孤單，唯有不停自我激勵、要求，才能持續下去…。

九歲就進芭蕾學校的歐姍娜，一心想成為芭蕾女伶，同時報答媽媽苦心栽培她跳舞，遠離貧窮的夢想。為了跳出曼妙的舞姿，多年來永無止境的練習、嚴格的體重控制，以及犧牲與同年齡的孩子應有的自由，是芭蕾少女必經的犧牲之路。伴隨著許多挫敗、淚水、孤單，唯有不停自我激勵、要求，才能持續下去…。

露露因面试不顺利决定不回家了，留下丈夫和3个孩子自己离开了。她事先并没有作什么计划，事情就这么简单地发生了。她给自己几天自由，独自一人，在海边，没有任何计划，只是尽情而毫不内疚地享受这一切。 　　在路上，她遇到一些人，这些人跟她一样处在社会边缘：一个被自己兄弟们关怀备至的怪人、一位无聊得要死的老太太和一个被上司骚扰的雇员……这三次决定性的邂逅帮助露露重新找到一个她完全失去联系的老熟人：她自己。

An old geezer recalls some of the antics of the men and women of his western town, more wild and woolly than Tombstone or Dodge City. In this town no one is a good shot, the women are hungry for new meat, and practical jokers abound. A stranger strolls into town, proving resistant to the mayhem, and after donning some cowboy duds begins cleaning up that town.

In his review of Feminine Melancholy in Kinema Junpo, critic Mizumachi Seiji praises Irie's performance as the best of her talkie career. However, he is very critical of the film itself, which he sees as a typical story of a woman in an unhappy marriage. He is not sympathetic toward the heroine's patient suffering and describes the nagging mother-in-law as a "hackneyed theme." Naruse's detailed "documentation" of Hiroko's role in the household is dismissed as a "manneristic obsession," and Mizumachi suggests that the director is hiding behind "the shadow of the materials." Most severely, he criticizes Naruse for "abandoning his authority as an auteur" by resorting to "shinpa-tragedy," which is seen as a capitulation to a form that has "wielded a powerful hold over the imagination of the masses." Although Mizumachi notes that Naruse has probed into "the deepest recess of the female psyche," he doesn't recognize this as the film's achievement, perhaps because he is looking for something else from the director. His review reveals the difficulties Naruse faced in maintaining his "auteur status" while moving with the tides of popular culture. For Mizumachi, the character of Yoko is the most typical Naruse heroine, perhaps because she is dragged down by her delinquent lover; however, in retrospect, it is evident that Hiroko's tenacious survival of adverse circumstances looks forward to Naruse's postwar heroines.

In his review of Feminine Melancholy in Kinema Junpo, critic Mizumachi Seiji praises Irie's performance as the best of her talkie career. However, he is very critical of the film itself, which he sees as a typical story of a woman in an unhappy marriage. He is not sympathetic toward the heroine's patient suffering and describes the nagging mother-in-law as a "hackneyed theme." Naruse's detailed "documentation" of Hiroko's role in the household is dismissed as a "manneristic obsession," and Mizumachi suggests that the director is hiding behind "the shadow of the materials." Most severely, he criticizes Naruse for "abandoning his authority as an auteur" by resorting to "shinpa-tragedy," which is seen as a capitulation to a form that has "wielded a powerful hold over the imagination of the masses." Although Mizumachi notes that Naruse has probed into "the deepest recess of the female psyche," he doesn't recognize this as the film's achievement, perhaps because he is looking for something else from the director. His review reveals the difficulties Naruse faced in maintaining his "auteur status" while moving with the tides of popular culture. For Mizumachi, the character of Yoko is the most typical Naruse heroine, perhaps because she is dragged down by her delinquent lover; however, in retrospect, it is evident that Hiroko's tenacious survival of adverse circumstances looks forward to Naruse's postwar heroines.