An Idol for Emiko

In 17th-century Japan, Emiko has always been an outcast in her fishing village. When strange coins wash up on the shore near Emiko's fishing village, she is the only one who resists the wave of greed overtaking everyone she has ever known.

How long can she resist the pressure from her neighbors and from her own poverty? How can she protect her son from the half-seen forms that now lurk in the nearby sea?