Unhappy farm worker Mei borrows some money from her boyfriend Seng, boards a ship to Japan and leaves him broken-hearted. But when she is deported, it is Seng that greets her at the harbour for a night of bitter reflection.
A young woman returns to her birthplace for an ex-classmate's funeral. She and a friend lose themselves in melancholy.
When a rare earth plant is being built near a coastal town, its inhabitants fall into despair, fearful of its radioactive effects.
