妻子的滋味

故事围绕的士司机宇佐美浩二（木村拓哉 饰）展开，他每日奔波于都市间工作养家，却因女儿的学费、的士验车费、房屋租金等接踵而至的现实压力而身心俱疲。某日，浩二接到一项特别的委托——接载年迈的高野堇女士（倍赏千惠子 饰）从东京柴又前往神奈川叶山的养老院。“在离开东京之前，想先到几个想去的地方看看”，堇女士淡然请求。随着的士驶过日本的大街小巷，陌生的两人逐渐打开心扉，堇女士也徐徐道出自己跌宕的人生过往。这趟偶然的旅程，不仅触动了他们的心灵，也让二人在平凡的日子中，为彼此的人生留下难忘的美好印记。

　　Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder. There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate. Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution.

　　The story centers on a group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.