Toru Okada is going through a difficult time. He is without a job, his cat has disappeared and his wife is behaving strangely. Into this unbalanced world comes a variety of curious characters: a young girl sunbathing in a nearby garden, sisters who are very peculiar indeed, and an old war veteran with a violent, disturbing story. Okada retreats to a deep well in a nearby house and the story unfolds.

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