A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.
교환 학생으로 남자친구 피터와 일본에 머무르던 카렌(사라 미셀 겔러)은 연락도 없이 학교에 나오지 않은 친구 요키를 대신해 노파 엠마의 간병인으로 자원 봉사를 나가게 된다. 지나치게 고요한 집, 넋이 나간 엠마, 정체를 알 수 없는 불길한 기운에 휩싸인 카렌은 이상한 소리를 따라 폐쇄된 다락방으로 향하는데...
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
