
An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea-master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener, and Princess Goh, who attempt to balance artistic expression and duty amid political intrigue in feudal Japan.