Japan in the 19th century.At a local freak show house,the display of a life-sized figurine doll modeled on a bizarre corpse is being promoted.One night,the doll's maker Sosuke witnesses a mysterious girl's rampage through the display and he becomes fascinated by her. From that moment, he incomprehensibly begins to hear the voice of the bizarre doll,which has a tree growing from its chest.Following the doll’s directions, he leaves the show site at dawn. He travels by foot pulling the doll on a cart until he arrives at a farmer’s house, where he learns that the doll and the girl are father and daughter. Crafted by Sosuke, the doll is modelled on the girl’s father, who left a bizarre corpse with a tree growing from his chest, and it seems that the doll now houses the father’s soul. It is then that Sosuke gets an idea for a gift he can offer her.