A fine arts student named Wataru Doiguchi applies for a lacquer-tapping part-time job at a remote village. Recruited by a local woman named Yoshie, he travels to the settlement, only to find upon arrival that Yoshie has already died. The village headman asks Wataru to perform a peculiar ritual called "Hatsugami-oroshi" — an ancient rite in which the hair of a deceased woman is let down to guide her soul to the afterlife. Over the few days before the ceremony, dark secrets about the village and Yoshie surface, and Wataru realises he must find a way to survive the trap set by vengeful spirits.

A terrifying ritual to let down the hair of the dead and guide her soul — a story of dread and survival for one young man drawn into an ancient village ceremony.