在这部千里眼剧情片中,纯平是一个单纯又老实的小学教师，除了已经嫁为人妇的妹妹，就只剩体贴温柔的女友。然而，就在向女友求婚之际，纯平却收到医院通知自己得了不孕症。不知所措的纯平开始逃避面对女友。这时，纯平又从妹妹的口中得知妹夫失业已久，外甥良太在小学遭到妈宝同学的霸凌。好事不来，坏事又连庄的纯平竟然在一阵晕眩中，发现自己竟然有千里眼。
Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.
