Yumiko, a geisha in Tokyo, returns to her aunt’s house in Tokushima in secret and begins to relearn the folk songs she remembers learning as a child. However, she can’t control her urge to be on the move and runs away from home. Koji, a barman, finds her after she has collapsed on the riverbank after being robbed by a man she met at a bar. The two begin to live together to heal each other’s wounds, but their relationship is short-lived…