断筆宣言をした90歳の作家・佐藤愛子（草笛光子）は、新聞やテレビをぼうっと眺める鬱々とした日々を過ごしていた。同じ家の２階に暮らす娘・響子（真矢ミキ）や孫・桃子（藤間爽子）には、愛子の孤独な気持ちは伝わらない。
同じ頃、大手出版社に勤める中年編集者・吉川真也（唐沢寿明）は、昭和気質なコミュニケーションがパワハラ、セクハラだと問題となり、謹慎処分に、妻や娘にも愛想を尽かされ、仕事にプライベートに悶々とする日々。
そんなある日、吉川の所属する編集部では愛子の連載エッセイ企画が持ち上がり、吉川が愛子を口説き落として、晴れて担当編集に！
このふたりの出会いが、新たな人生を切り開く――？！
Aliases
- Kyu Ju-sai. Nani ga Medetai
Aiko Sato is a 90 year-old award-winning writer, who retired from her writing job. Since her retirement, she lived her life listlessly with her daughter and granddaughter. One day, a geeky mid-aged editor man comes to ask Aiko to write an essay again. Aiko refuses his offer at the beginning, but the editor visits her every day with some treats...and finally, he has convinced her to agree to writing with his enthusiasm. While the editor gets back his passion for his work again, he also faces a problem with his family. His wife wants to divorce since he works too much and keeps leaving his wife and daughter behind. After a while, Aiko’s essay book is getting loved by many people and becomes a bestseller, although the book fills with her anger. Aiko and the editor achieved success and became best buddies at work. Yet, how would they cope with their own lives?
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