The main protagonist in Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's latest film, Kotoko, is a young mother with a serious medical condition who suffers from an unknown illness that sporadically splits her vision. As a result, she cannot tell whether what she sees is real.
Kotoko (played by Japanese pop star Cocco) does her best to lead a normal life and take care of her son, but the occasional blackouts – during which she finds herself right in the middle of vivid nightmares - slowly begin to erode her mental stability. As the transition from the blackouts back to reality is never easy to recognize, Kotoko begins cutting her hands with razors - because for her this is the only reliable way to confirm that she is still alive and in control of her body.
Eventually, the authorities take Kotoko's son and give it to her sister. Kotoko rarely sees him because her sister and her family live far away in the countryside. Now alone in her tiny apartment, Kotoko loses the desire to stay alert and the blackouts almost completely change her personality.
Around the same time, a middle-aged man (Shinya Tsukamoto) appears and confesses to Kotoko that he has been stalking her. Takanaka also makes it clear that he is madly in love with Kotoko and willing to help her overcome her illness. At first, Kotoko is unsure whether Takanaka is a real person or yet another maniac that her mind has created. She consistently hurts him and attempts to erase him from her mind, but then warms up to him and allows him to stay close to her. Takanaka does his best to restore balance in Kotoko's life, but her condition worsens and their relationship takes a very unusual turn
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