舞台剧女演员演技精湛，塑造了许多深入人心的角色。新一出舞台剧里，她要饰演一个饱经风霜的老妇人。入剧场前，她受到剧场工作人员带有敬意的礼待，为他们签名留念；化妆间一番忙碌，她化身满脸皱褶的老妇人，随后在舞台上以精湛演技赢得了满堂喝彩；演出完毕，她重以初始形象示人，观众纷纷拿出她不同时期的作品剧照要求签名。
回到家，疲惫的女演员开始对着一个八音盒发呆，该八音盒造型是一个有四只手的小人随着音乐不停地变换面具。随即，骇人的一幕出现。

On a bright summer's day in the early 20th century, a young man sits on a cliff by the sea to practice his cello. Unfortunately, the young man's ferocious playing style rouses up a storm which causes the waves to sweep a young woman (who was gathering shrimp by the shore) out to sea. The heroic cellist dives in to save the woman and finds himself battling some sea creatures for posession of both the woman and his cello.