It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.

Kishida, a regional bank employee, is suddenly transferred to the Tokyo headquarters. With nowhere else to go, he temporarily moves in with Kura, a high school friend who is now a free-spirited filmmaker in Tokyo.