Riki Jumonji, a legendary hitman who once vowed never to pull a gun's trigger again, lives in the northern Japanese port city of Otaru. His quiet existence is disrupted when a solitary assassin and a mysterious woman known as a "washer" arrive in the snow-covered city. Their fates become intertwined in a dangerous confrontation that forces Jumonji to face the violent past he hoped to leave behind.
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