Ikoku Irokoi Romantan

Ranmaru Oumi spends his wedding night aboard a luxurious cruise ship, but the marriage itself is no celebration to him. It is a political arrangement between two yakuza families, and there is little genuine affection between bride and groom. After an argument sends him to the bar alone, he meets Albert Valentino, an Italian man fascinated by Japanese culture.

Their conversation begins lightly and develops into an attraction completely unrelated to the obligations controlling Ranmaru's life. When they meet again after the cruise, Albert becomes proof that a relationship can be chosen rather than inherited. Ranmaru, however, cannot simply separate himself from family, marriage, and duty, turning the new romance into a confrontation with the life other people planned for him.