32-year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) lives at home with her parents, passing the days in self-indulgent grunginess. Ichiko’s recently divorced younger sister Fumiko has moved back home with her young son….

A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike and potter Sasuke Noda. The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s porcelain tea bowl called Houou, that has been missing.