Description

Bean-Throwing young boy named Yōta suspects that his mother is in league with a demon, having seen shadows through her shōji screen at night. At school, his teacher explains the annual tradition of bean-throwing to ward off demons. Yōta comes to believe that his mother welcomes the demon out of loneliness, and that he must protect her. One evening, he confronts his mother, blaming the demon for his father's absence, for which she angrily admonishes him...