A man commits an unmotivated murder of his own mother, but the people of his village could only accept the fact that the mother was dead. A funeral is held with his younger sister acting as the main family representative but with the parricide unacknowledged and the man excommunicated from the village community, he attempts to destroy the funeral ceremony. The failure of the Anpo struggle of 1960 is told metaphorically through the story of a barren village rooted in traditions. By using restrained compositions with highly contrasted black-and-white images and no dialogue, the film depicts the heavy and dreary situation of its time. The fourth film by the Nihon University Film Studies Club (Nichidai Eiken) and the first since changing its name to Nihon University New Film Studies Club (Shin Eiken). It was first screened alongside Kyoto University Cinema Club’s It was first screened alongside Kyoto University Cinema Club’s Mu and Kwansei Gakuin Film Studies Club’s Delta at the Sixth All-Japan Student Film Festival, but the film’s wide acclaim extended beyond the student film circuit. Alongside fellow Eiken members Motoharu Jonouchi and Isao Okishima, Adachi emerged as one of the lead