This film tells three scary stories that take place in and around a school in Japan. While each of the stories can be viewed independently, they are linked by location and by the time they occur. The events are defined on the last day of summer vacation, the students contemplate the passage of their temporary freedom and the resumption of classes
Norihiko, who couldn't tell his friends that his family was too poor to buy him a bicycle and had to tell lie after lie after lie, became an office worker whose only merit as an adult was his feeble mind and no tardiness or absenteeism.
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
