The middle-aged, luxurious, independent and spontaneous Kazu, the owner of a restaurant where conservative politicians go, falls in love with the aging former diplomat Noguchi, a sophisticated supporter of reforms, and becomes his wife. What could go wrong? If a former diplomat returns to politics, heeding the calls of a not-so-popular party, that’s about it. Promiscuity versus moral purity, fidelity to husband versus fidelity to principles - when the political turns personal, the family turns into a battlefield, love risks becoming a victim, and the threat of loss of independence can be worse than the loneliness to come. Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - star of literature XX century, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, the owner of a brilliant talent, famous both for his works of the widest range and diversity of genres (novels, plays, short stories, essays), and for his stunning biography (obsession with bodybuilding, extreme right-wing political views, hara-kiri after an unsuccessful attempt at monarchy coup). In After the Banquet (1960), Mishima wanted to show how love is developed, transformed, distorted and undermined by politics, and the publication caused a great scandal in Japanese political and secular circles. Former Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, who recognized himself in Noguchi, sued Mishima for violating his right to privacy, and in this case - Japan's first case on the freedom of speech of writers - Mishima lost, which, according to some critics, killed him in the bud topical Japanese satire as a genre. For the first time in Russian!