Hiroshi Noguchi

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

When her mother falls ill, Fumi visits Yokohama to search for her missing father, hoping to get his help. Fumi's father was a legendary mahjong player. Using a photograph as a clue, Fumi searches for him, but before she knows it, she steps into the underground mahjong world. She then learns of her father's tragic condition.

The third entry in the 'Conquest' series.

Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles topped with grated spicy daikon radish. Even regulars refrain from coming to the restaurant because of the extra spicy soba. But on year, a stranger comes in and finishes the bowl, announcing that it tastes familiar. The man begins to visit every year on the 4th of January to eat Sanada Soba. Shobei develops a warm feeling towards the peculiar customer he interacts with once a year.