Yamato Tanaka (Mikio Osawa), who” attempted to murder his father” in the past, used to work as a janitor in a theme park.
Now unemployed, Yamato lives in a very humble apartment room. He lost his family by the crime he committed
with the urge he himself couldn’t and even now can explain.
He has nowhere to go, and becomes isolated in the big city. His continuous job search is unsuccessful,
and one day he meets a young girl Kaoru (Kaori Shimada) who is passing out advertisement packaged with free tissue to the crowd at a train station.
He aggressively gets involved with her. The two immediately feel the mutual isolation and desperation within themselves.
Kaoru suffers from cardiopathy and has a pacemaker in her body. According to her, the battery will run out soon.
Yamato goes to her office with her, and finds out that their “real business” is prostitution and drug dealing.
These are youngsters with no purpose in their lives, symbolizing the Japanese society which passed the post-war economic peak period.
Yamato and Kaoru go down the road of destruction, being sucked into the deep, dark ditch of society.
Filling the screen images both stark and surreal, director Ataru Oikawa draws an unadulterated portrait of youth.
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Yamato Tanaka (Mikio Osawa), que "trató de asesinar a su familia" en el pasado, trabajaba de conserje en un parque temático.
Ahora en el paro, Yamato vive ena habitación de apartamento muy humilde. Perdió a su familia por el crimen que cometió con el ansia que ni él mismo pudo ni puede ahora explicar.
No tiene sitio al que ir, y se ha vuelto aislado en la gran ciudad. Su contínua búsqueda de trabajo no tiene éxito, y un día conoce a una joven Kaoru (Kaori Shimada) que reparte papel de tisú de propaganda a la gente en una estación de tren.
Se involucra agresivamente con ella. Los dos inmediatamente sientes el aislamiento mutuo y la desesperación compartido...
Son jóvenes sin propósito en la vida, simbolizando la sociedad japonesa que pasó el periodo de auge económico de la posguerra.
Llenando la pantalla con imágenes surrealistas y austeras, el director Ataru Oikawa traza ujn retrato sin adulterar de la juventud.
