In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea. Their vacant gazes reflect each other as they exchange awkward words and wade into the rain-drenched ocean. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a snow-covered village. There, she finds a guesthouse run by Benzo.

When police officer Agawa Daigo, is posted to a remote village in the Japanese countryside, he comes to the terrifying realization that something is wrong with the village and the people who live there.