Synopsis

Bunsei 12, (1829) September 2nd, Edo. Yoshino, the wife of the shogunate's castle guard, a direct retainer of the Shogun, was spending time at the porch with her husband, Furuta Kyuzo Masanari, who had been placed under house arrest due to a crime of damaging the Shogun's bow while on duty at Edo Castle. One day, Kyuzo’s fate was finally decided. He had to commit seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment). The remaining time was only one day. Yoshino’s heart was shaken when she saw Kyuzo shattered from the fear of death, even though she was the one who had been making strong and resolute decisions for her husband and relatives all along. At the time of his seppuku, Kyuzo was allowed to commit seppuku with a fan which was a gift from his wife and passed away. Yoshino, left alone, became crazy and looked around for her family who couldn’t be there. She cried out in the red twilight of the Edo sky...