The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.
Kitagawa Reika, a news anchor at News Fact, keeps seeing strange visuals. One night, she loses consciousness, and when she wakes up, she finds herself tied to the bed at a hospital. The doctor won’t let her leave, and she is chased by a mysterious little girl. She has to escape and find out the truth behind this mystery.
In the 1980s, a simple-minded fool named Hideaki meets comedy legend Sanma, changes his name to Jimmy and becomes a comedic superstar.
