A stylish thriller from suspense maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Cloud follows Yoshii, a factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, Yoshii gradually tries to disconnect from humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and entrusting duties to his new assistant. Before long his life is plagued by a series of mysterious incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.