In a quiet suburb of Tokyo, on the night of December thirtieth, two thousand, a family settles in for the evening. The sound of the refrigerator hums, a floorboard creaks in the cold winter air. But as a young father named Mikio locks the door, he is unaware that he is not securing his home. He is sealing it shut, with a stranger already inside.
By morning, all four members of the Miyazawa fam...
