Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
Two college buddies try to understand a young woman's suicide through her Super-8 films and clips from their summer trips together.
Kaori, the principal of Tanimoto Gakuen, a major player in the beauty industry, is aiming to expand into Shinjuku in order to make further progress. However, she is overtaken by the president of the Beauty Association and others. Then, a mysterious man, Segiyama, appears before her. He tells Kaori that he will take back the rights to the salon in Shinjuku in exchange for campaign expenses.
