This film is an adaptation of an ancient Japanese No play. Four card-players and one is playing for his life. However, he is unaware that he is only a puppet, as the winner has already been chosen. In the game and in life.

An old man is to be evicted from his home. He is the last tenant in an old house. He refuses to leave the flat and barricades himself in and spends his time writing protest letters to the government. Harder measures are soon taken against him.