At a ski lodge the manager's daughter is good at skiing and dreams of becoming a winter guide and instructor. Among the customer multiple have issues. One customer is a former athlete who skied for Japan at the Olympics. He quit once his fiance died in the mountains in the winter. A group of customers ask the former athlete to become their guide, but are refused because the former athlete believes they are not suitably dressed for the climate. One of the members of this group is a woman who resembles his former fiance. She has disappeared the next morning. She is found the next morning and confides that her group is comprised of thieves who need a guide to escape.—aghaemi