自由撰稿人河上辰男死在家中。警视厅搜查一课的刑警栋居弘一良在现场勘查后发现，被喷满了雾状血迹的书架上，有一本书滴血未沾，他便起了疑心。那本书是著名作家桧山丽子的畅销小说《湖上之恋》，而且里面还有作者的亲笔签名。 其他刑警怀疑上了案发后失踪的河上的同居人水野伸江，而栋居却着眼于血迹之谜。河上被杀的时候，《湖上之恋》不在书架上吗？如果真是如此，凶手有为何非得把书放回书架呢？
安妮（黛咪·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰）是一名单亲妈妈，和年幼的儿子过着相依为命的生活。某日，她被选中成为了陪审团的成员，要负责陪审一起黑手党老大的审判。为了笼络人心，黑手党内一位名叫“老师”（亚历克·鲍德温 Alec Baldwin 饰）的成员暗中开始接近安妮，通过对她展开热烈的追求，来试图动摇安妮在判决中的公正之心。 然而，正义感慢慢的安妮并不是轻易就可以被蛊惑的，她相信法律，并且坚定而公正的执行着自己的权利。当黑手党发现他们的“美人计”没有起到预期的效果之后，开始将威胁的刀锋指向了安妮的儿子。
过着无精打采日子的平凡大学生的私，一边被在“捉迷藏社团”中遇到的冷酷且聪明的前辈所吸引，一边与瞬间掌握人心的神秘男子黑服实现命运般的相遇。无聊的日子一变，被卷入了名为“真夜中乙女战争”的东京破坏计画中……
Mari (Marina Vlady) runs a boardinghouse for girls who are in trouble, and Juli (Lili Monori) is a young married woman who is fleeing her passionate marriage with an uncontrollable alcoholic. She has brought her young daughter along with her. Though this is not allowed under the house rules, Mari makes an exception for Juli. Both women are desperately unfulfilled - Mari has a narrow-minded and passionless man for a husband, and Juli still loves her husband, whom she recognizes as a person she cannot continue living with. The two turn to each other for comfort, and each woman gains necessary insights into her own life in seeing the other's struggles. This sober movie by feminist director Marta Meszaros was not a rousing box-office success.
