[1][2] The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern western styles between the people they hire to build it.
[3] Cast members include Naoki Tanaka (Iijima Naosuke, the husband), Akiko Yagi (Iijima Tamiko, the wife), Toshiaki Karasawa (Yanagisawa, the interior designer) and Kunie Tanaka (Tamiko's father, the builder).
The film also features cameo appearances by the Toho monsters Godzilla and Megaguirus.
Naosuke and Tamiko are a happily married couple, and have just bought some land in the countryside to build their new house on.
Yanagisawa is a modernist, influenced by American architecture; Tamako's father is a traditionalist.