Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.

Uzbek lady Sonja, due to debt owed by her deceased mother. He is caught by the loan shark Taesoo and works as a housekeeper at his house. Unlike his brother, Taesoo's younger brother Dongjin, who lives in one house, treats Sonya kindly. Sonya, who has a hard time living as a housekeeper when she gets noticed by Taesoo's wife. I am gradually attracted to Dongjin, who gives me for myself...

A celluloid film based on Hiroyuki Kakudo's paper animation of the same title (1981).