A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".

High school student Keiko struggles with the pressures of college entrance examinations and a chaotic home life, ultimately succumbing to alcohol, marijuana, gang members and rape.

Mieko and Ayako and are roommates. Ayako is having an affair with a married man. But when the affair is discovered Ayako runs away to commit suicide. Mieko and the married man go in search of her hoping to find her before it’s too late.