In the calm suburbs of Tokyo, Toru Okada's life takes a surreal detour when his cat disappears, followed by his wife. What begins as a search for the missing feline ushers Toru into a netherworld where reality blurs with dreams and prophecies. Encountering an oddball ensemble—from a psychic housewife to a fashion designer with wartime secrets—Toru is thrust into an enigmatic narrative that swings from the mundane to the mystical. As Toru navigates this bizarre landscape, he must confront the disquieting facets of his existence, untangling an web of experience stretching back to Japan's exploits in Manchuria.