Ko Takahashi, nāna i mahue tana wahine me ana tamariki i muri, a, ka neke ki te taone anake, i pau i ōna rā te peti ki te whakaora i te hauā me te mokemoke o te huringa nui o te taiao. Kātahi anō ka haere mai a Takahashi, i whakahaua nei ki te utu i te reti, ki te whakarite ki te wahine a te tangata whenua, a Yuko. Ko Yuko, e māharahara ana ki a Takahashi, i noho ko ia anake, i mīharo te pēhi mo tētahi pātahitanga ōkiko hei whakawhiti mo te whakawātea i a ia i te reti. - Ko te wahine whakakāhore e tārua ana ki tētahi tinana māoa kāore i te mahitia e tana tāne, ā, kua tae tōna āhua kino ki tōna taumata.