The play centers around the lead character Platonov (played by Tatsuya), a disillusioned provincial schoolmaster. Landowner Anna (Saki Takaoka), Sofia (Manami Higa), Sasha (Aki Maeda) wife of Anna’s stepson, and one of his colleagues Mary (Aoi Nakabeppu) fall in love with the married Platonov. He thinks society is without ideas and principles, but is aware that he himself is very much part of that society. He is compared to Hamlet and Don Juan, and likes to think of himself as a witty and intellectually stimulating entertainer. In the end, he recognises his hopeless position between the four women and retreats into alcohol.