In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.
Dos estudiantes de instituto obsesionados con la muerte y la crueldad humana se juntan para investigar el caso de un asesino en serie que siempre corta la mano izquierda de sus víctimas y posteriormente apuntala sus cuerpos para crear escenas artísticas. Su objetivo es llegar antes que la policía a los lugares del crimen no para coger o detener al criminal, sino para admirar su talento.
