Yi-jung is in her late twenties and still lives with her mother. Having raised her daughter alone, Su-kyung is now ready to start a new life with her fiancé and leave the past behind. Not so Yi-jung, who from an early age has all too often had to serve as an outlet for her irascible mother’s frustrations. The many years of disregard have left her with a crippling mixture of suppressed feelings towards her mother from whom she simply cannot break free. When an argument between the two escalates in a supermarket car park, Su-kyung hits her daughter with her car. Just an accident, the mother claims. Malicious intent, Yi-jung retorts. This rebellion marks the beginning of an arduous process for both women to cut the cord.

卡迪（罗伯特·米彻姆 Robert Mitchum 饰）是一个无恶不作的无耻混蛋，刚刚结束了十四年牢狱生活的他满脑子只有一件事情，就是去向一位名叫萨姆（格利高里·派克 Gregory Peck 饰）的律师寻仇。原来，在曾经的庭审中，萨姆手握这一份对卡迪有利的证据，然而萨姆了解卡迪邪恶的本性，于是选择隐藏了证据，导致卡迪被判了重刑。卡迪很快就找到了萨姆的住所，他的阴魂不散让萨姆一家人终日生活在担惊受怕之中，不仅如此，卡迪还屡屡骚扰卡迪的妻子佩吉（波莉·伯根 Polly Bergen 饰）和女儿南希（Lori Martin 饰），忍无可忍的萨姆找了一名打手对付卡迪，然而卡迪太过强壮，打手根本就不是他的对手。

贝姬（格雷斯·卡罗琳·柯里 Grace Caroline Currey 饰）与亨特（维吉尼亚·加德纳 Virginia Gardner 饰）是一对亲密好友，同时两人都对攀岩这项极限运动有着无比痴迷和热爱。但在某次意外过后，贝姬的人生坠入谷底。她目睹丈夫丹（梅森·古丁 Mason Gooding 饰）攀岩时意外坠亡，这让她备受打击，也从此远离了这项运动。为了帮助好友振作，亨特想方设法说服贝姬跟她一起去攀爬一座高达610米的废弃信号塔。几经挣扎，贝姬最终接收好友的邀请，而这也正是二人噩梦的开始。由于年久失修，电视塔许多部件老化脱落。可是一边攀爬一边直播的二人忽略了这些隐患的存在，与天空越近，便与死神更近了一步……

“Okada’s death completely fits into Sato’s version of Japan, alienated and constantly watched. Women, especially, are followed with camcorders, viewed by security cameras, denied privacy. They float, friendless and unattached, in and out of phone booths, sex clubs, medical research, subways, neon cities.”