After the death of her father, Ran lived alone with her mother, Sumie. One day, while Sumie was away on a trip, a man suddenly showed up at their door. He was Sumie's former boss from her days as an office lady. But his demeanor quickly turned hostile, and his words toward Ran shifted abruptly into vicious abuse. The man declared, "I was your father's romantic rival," and began recounting an old love affair, screaming, "I raped Sumie right in front of your father, got caught, and spent twenty years in prison!" With those words, he lunged at Ran...