White collar worker Yamashita finds out his wife has a lover when he's off seeing with her , suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he soon proceeds to live in a small villagethat opens a barbershop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and speaks almost to no-one except for the eel he"befriended" in prison. He finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who reminds him and attempted suicide one afternoon. She starts to work at his shop, but he does not let her become close to him.