A girl and a man in a library - they talk about a story that is like warm milk. Years later, the man sets out to find the girl, because he has a story for her.
12 years ago, Hideto crippled his younger brother Masato in an accident in the woods. Hideto had avoided Masato ever since, but meets a physically healed but emotionally wounded Masato when he visits home one day. This Masato gets him to face the accident. Hideto then goes to meet the real Masato.
In a distant future, humans make the switch to android life. They abolish 'flaws' such as complicated human needs and traits such as the ability to possess and express emotion. However, a system glitch causes 'desire' to resurface in some, including Kai (Rinko Kikuchi; Pacific Rim, Babel), an android shoe-maker. Kai begins to feel an obsession with her craft, like what human beings used to have. One day, an android customer orders Kai to create a special pair of heels. Shut in the atelier, Kai remakes the shoes over and over again until it's perfect. When the customer returns, Kai finds out that one shoe doesn't quite fit. But just as Kai promised to put more work into the pair of shoes, another customer comes to demand her own special pair too.
Toru, a high schooler, decides to leave his grandmother's home in the mountains and moves in with his aunt. There he meets three sisters at his welcome party. On his way to his new home, he is struck by one of the sisters' beauty. A boy who spent his life quietly like a plant starts to take action on his own.
Director Nakamura is mesmerized by a piece at the Teshima Art Museum called "Matrix," a major work about the mysteries of existence by the artist Naito, and she goes to cover her work. However, Naito calls off the shoot in the middle, saying that her creations are getting lost because of the filming. There, the film turns a new corner to depict the women who gather at the "Matrix."…
도쿄 올림픽을 2년 앞둔 2018년 새해가 밝는다. 거대한 쓰레기 처리 공장에서 야간 근무를 하던 타니는 공장 안에서 개가 없어졌다는 이야기를 듣고 개를 찾으러 다니지만 찾지 못한다. 한편, 서바이벌 게임을 좋아하는 고는 공장에 와 켄과 함께 게임을 한다. 아다치는 게임을 하는 둘을 무심히 지켜보며 시간을 보낸다. 한편, 공장을 돌아다니던 타니는 뭔가 이상한 기운을 느끼기 시작한다. 이 젊은이들은 각자의 고민을 안고서 공장 안에서 밤을 보낸다.
