IntheNineteenthCentury,inJapan,theAmericanjournalistChristopheristravelingthroughthecountrysearchingKomomo,themissingloveofhislifethathehadabandonedyearsagopromisingtocomebacktoherlater.Hearrivesinashadowyislandinhabitedbywhoresandcaftans,wherehehasanencounterwithadeformedprostitutethattellsthathisbelovedKomomohadpassedaway.Hedrinkssakewithherandlaterheasksthewomantotellthestoryofherlife.TheprostitutedisclosesadarkandcruelstoryaboutherlifeandthesadfateofKomomo.