목욕탕에서 일하는 욕쟁이 할매 카츠는 딸 자랑할 때만 신이 난다. 어느날 애지중지 키운 딸에게 “엄마의 희생을 내 탓으로 하지 말라”는 말에 낙심해 가출까지 해버린 카츠는 영정사진을 찍으려 사진관에 들어간다. 그러나 사진관에서 나온 것은 스무살 꽃처녀. 카츠는 크게 당황하지만, 딸에게 자신도 멋지게 살 수 있다는 걸 보여주겠다고 다짐하며 젊어지면 무작정 하고 싶었던 일들을 하나하나 시도한다. 다시 돌아온 두 번째 전성기, 그녀는 오오도리 세츠코로서 청춘을 즐기기 시작한다. "수상한 그녀" 일본 리메이크 버전.
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.
