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At the age of 60, Itoh Motoyasu and 28-year-old photographer Ikeda Kyousuke traveled a great distance, climbing mountains and crossing rivers, to visit the legendary actress Fujihara Chiyo, who had been in seclusion for thirty years. Their mission was to document her life story in a documentary. Chiyo, now 75, arrived gracefully, still elegant and beautiful, with her characteristic small mole under her left eye adding a touch of charm. Itoh handed her a key, and Chiyo was deeply moved, calling it the key to unlocking a secret. She had accidentally lost it years ago, and now it had returned to her. Chiyo's thoughts drifted back to the past. On September 1, 1926, Fujihara Chiyo was born. At the age of 16, her beauty caught the eye of a talent scout, but it was not until she met a painter that her life truly changed. She saved him from the chaos of the times, hiding him in her family's warehouse. In gratitude, he gave her a key, saying it was the key to a secret, and promised to take her to see the snow in Hokkaido when they met again. However, the next day, the painter had already fled to escape capture. Chiyo then entered the film industry, as the painter had mentioned he would fight in Manchuria, and her first film was set to be filmed there. From then on, Chiyo's film career began, capturing the love stories of four different eras in Japanese history: the Warring States period, the Shogunate, the Taisho era, and the Showa era. In each story, Chiyo was running, chasing after her true love. The scenes blended with her own story, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. Itoh and Ikeda followed closely, sometimes becoming characters in the stories themselves. However, Chiyo lost the key, and in her disappointment, she married the director Daikawa, who had been pursuing her. Later, she discovered that everything was part of a meticulously planned deception. After realizing the truth, Chiyo decided to continue her search for the love of her youth.