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Masako, a widow, runs the local hot spring inn, Aku no Yu, all by herself. Her niece, Ritsuko, has been helping out at the inn since graduating from junior college in Tokyo. Her husband, Ikuo, died in an accident and was condemned to hell for adultery with Ritsuko, and his ghost roams the earth. One day, Kurio, who had been laid off and decided to commit suicide, arrives at the inn. Surprisingly, he looks exactly like Ikuo...
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In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.