
Yumiko, who is devoted to her bedridden husband, suffers from severe pain, ringing ears, and auditory hallucinations. At the request of a friend, she gets a brain scan. She worries about her future as condition gradually worsens. 60 years earlier, intense fighting has begun to take place in Okinawa. A Japanese soldier hides in a bunker with a woman, her son, and her sister. The two stories become increasingly linked as time goes on...
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Original Language
JA

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.

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.