Nobuko Sawaguchi is sent to work for the Uehara family as a housekeeper. Hidemitsu Uehara runs a plastic surgery clinic. For working as housekeeper at the Uehara family, Nobuko gets paid 2 billion yen ($20,000 USD) a month. Besides Hidemitsu Uehara, there's his two sons and their wives, plus Akemi Nakamura. Akemi Nakamura was born out of wedlock. It was actually Akemi that requested a housekeeper. Nobuko Sawaguchi becomes involved in an inheritance fight among the Uehara family.