 Yusuke Kato is persuaded by a wealthy friend to spend time with him in his vacation cottage in Karuizawa.While traveling through Oiwake at night he has a bicycle accident in front of an old run-down house.The house is owned by an unfriendly middle-aged man, Taro Azuma, but Kato is persuaded to stay the night by the maid of the house, Fumiko Tsuchiya.