Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami, whose husband has also disappeared. Nami asks for Tomiko's help to get her husband on the list of "Special Missing Persons." Tomiko sets out to help Nami, but by the time the paperwork is ready, Nami says that she wants to forget her husband and make a fresh start.