On a dark, winter night, a strange woman named Tsuru (Sayuri Yoshinaga) knocks on the door of Daiju (Hideki Noda), a poor man who is caring for his ailing mother. Inexplicably, Tsuru tells him that she has come to be his wife, and assures him she will be a dutiful bride. She's true to her word, even rediscovering a forgotten loom in Daiju's home. However, this cryptic lady warns her new husband that he is never to look upon her as she works upon the loom.

Starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hideki Noda, Bunta Sugawara
Director Kon Ichikawa