This four-part anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo.
Ishino has a pleasant life as a procurement manager in a good company, a husband with a loving wife and two kids, and a sugar daddy with a mistress. His affair jeopardizes everything when it becomes a murder suspect's only alibi.
Tatsuya works by day in an American air base in Tokyo, and by night in a bar. He helps his friend Jun to buy some land for cropping, but the presence of the beautiful Yuki will destroy their friendship, with tragic results.
After a number of stressful affairs, a court lady becomes a nun in order to pursue a life without desire.
Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections ensue as Tamiko is older than Masao, and the two cannot marry in peace.
Yanagimachi's first feature film is about a young man who makes a map of a neighborhood in which he delivers newspapers. He keeps a dossier on each family, recording their habits and rating how much he dislikes them.