When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.
