The Price Of Things

Elena, an Italian language teacher, once came to the conclusion that there is no more simple female happiness in her life. She is married, there used to be passion and love between her and her husband, but, alas, everyday life mercilessly ate them. Only daughter Katya keeps Elena from divorce.

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke Ooka, whose shrewd legal decisions became the stuff of legend. Okuma Shirokoya, the daughter of a lumber merchant in Edo (today’s Tokyo), embarked on an affair and was executed after conspiring with her maid to murder her husband. (Source: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/shirokoya-komako/)

A Cantonese Comedy directed and written by Wei Ping-Ao.