خلاصه داستان : یاماشیتا کارگر یقه سفید می فهمد که همسرش هنگامی که او غایب است معشوقه ای به وی مراجعه می کند ، ناگهان به خانه برمی گردد و او را می کشد. پس از هشت سال زندان ، او برای زندگی در یک دهکده کوچک برمی گردد ، یک آرایشگاه را باز می کند (در زندان...

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away; so he suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks to almost no one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him.