西北大地上的祁连山脚下，牧马人高青山厮守着一群马，在草原过着天地悠悠的日子。高青山养的马是为了供给采集马血的血站使用的。春天小马降生，夏天草原留下高锦与小马的美好时光。平日里老高喜欢收集各种动物的标本，他经常行走在山间，草原的角落似乎藏着各种不明原因死亡的动物尸体。老高把它们捡回来收拾干净做成标本，有时候还会贩卖给一些游客。未曾想，正是这小小的贩卖使得他一下子陷入人生的被动之地，引来了牢狱之灾。
An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy and his lazy father, who has no qualms about hitting his wife. Yet how dark does reality have to get before it stifles the rays of hope that filter through?
The subversive nature of gender roles.
