the upper class

“The rich and the upper class will always find a way. They will hire their own security,” the North Hollywood resident said.

“This is only a solution for the upper class, not a plan that can address the problem of care work for the larger public,” Chang Ha-na, secretary general of the women’s rights group Political Mamas, said.

Through the centuries, the unisex garment evolved from an underlayer for the upper class to become outerwear, sashed with an obi but featuring smaller sleeves that aided physical activity — helpful for the samurai warriors.

Then she swears that she’ll commit seppuku for failing to comply with her lord’s orders, only to have Ishido relent at the last moment, realizing Mariko’s ritual suicide will create a rebellion among the upper class.

These scenes mean well and are employed to make a point about the soft-soled bigotry insinuated throughout the upper class.