Before her husband's death, Etsuko had already learned that jealousy is useless if it cannot be controlled. So, when she arrives as a young widow at her late husband's family estate near Osaka, Etsuko is determined to restrain her emotions. She silently accepts the nightly embraces of her father-in-law, while a new secret passion swells within her. Saburo is a simple village boy, but Etsuko knows that her feelings for the handsome, uncomplicated lad are the only genuine emotion she has within her. All that matters is to show him her authenticity and get an answer. Jealousy, love, passion, hatred - she can control them all as long as there is hope.

But as this hope fades more and more, the passion of helpless Etsuko takes on a power that can only be controlled by a heinous act of violence.