Goodbye, My Rose Garden

In the mist-shrouded English countryside of the early 1900s, Alice, a young noblewoman, dwells within the gilded cage of her family estate, her days governed by strict social protocols. She is attended by Hanako, a Japanese maid whose quiet demeanor and foreign origins make her an outsider even among the household staff. Their interactions remain properly formal, their lives running on parallel tracks of obligation—until Alice confronts Hanako with a shocking, desperate command: to end her life with a blade. Reeling from the horror of her mistress's request, Hanako refuses to act blindly. She resolves to uncover the agony that has driven Alice to such a terrible end, and as she gently peels back the layers of polite society, she unearths a reality far more complex than simple melancholy. The more Hanako learns of Alice's hidden burdens and the suffocating truth she endures, the closer the two women become. Their shared confidences blur the lines between master and servant, transforming their fragile connection into something warmer and more dangerous. In a world that offers them no safe haven, a forbidden romance begins to blossom—one that may offer salvation, or doom them both.