A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
