[2][3] The film depicts about the paramount importance on the main theme of the plot revolving around motherhood by delving into the stories of three generations of women in Japan with an influence of Confucianism.

[5] A suicide note is also not found, and the lack of clarity to understand the thought process surrounding the whole fiasco on Sayaka's death culminates in the incident being labelled as a shoddy, mysterious matter.

Many people who knew about Sayaka in her social circles insisted that she had a routine, normal life with her family, including her mother, Rumiko (Erika Toda).

Eventually complacency occupies when things go out of control, leading Sayaka to a sense of grief and despair, losing all her hopes to revive the bond within the family.

[4] Rumiko, instead of teaching the self-defense strategies to her daughter, asks her to comply with the cultural norms by being patient rather than venting the frustration at senior family members.