- 1997Gion, Kyoto
1929–1950s: a fisherman’s daughter sold to a geisha house in Gion, through the war.
- 1962
Twin sisters parted at birth find each other again through a year of Kyoto’s festivals.
- 1956Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto
A stammering acolyte at Kinkaku-ji, obsessed with its beauty until he burns it.