The Eighth Day

Amid an affair with her married colleague Takehiro, Kiwako learns an abortion has left her infertile, sending her down a path of grief and desperation. (Source: Netflix)

On the run and with nowhere to turn, Kiwako cautiously accepts help from a stranger who directs her to an isolated commune for women in distress. (Source: Netflix)

Three years on, living safely in the commune, Kiwako finds herself and Kaoru at risk when the Angel Home attracts unwanted outside attention. (Source: Netflix)

With their freedom under threat, Kiwako escapes to an island community to meet Kumi's mother, hoping she and Kaoru can avoid the authorities' attention. (Source: Netflix)

Kiwako resists the chance to get closer to Bunji, before a published photograph soon threatens to destroy the peaceful life she's built on the island. (Source: Netflix)

Years later, Kaoru – now living under her birth name – returns to Sh?doshima with her friend to try and uncover a past she struggles to remember. (Source: Netflix)