The samurai Akayo enters the Ukraine to retrieve his master's katana from Harimoto, who is buying slaves from a Ukrainian master, Jaromir. On his way he meets the serf Taras, who agrees to help Akayo so he can rescue his beloved from Jaromir.

The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Ukraine-Russia during the start of the war. The pregnant Irka refuses to leave her house, even shortly after the family find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe.