A killer driven by revenge tracks down and murders the five women who sexually molested his mentally unstable best friend and drove him to suicide. All the while the police search the underworld for the killer, the press plays up the sensational sex killings, and the killer himself finds his resolve weakened by his budding romantic relationship with a pretty young shopgirl.

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.

When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.