Kenichirou Yasui

Former detective Gunpei Wakatsuki (Masao Kusakari) and former big thief Otomatsu Sekiya (Takashi Sasano), who live in the luxury elderly housing with care “Sharaku Home”, are a trio of 6th grade elementary school students, Isamu Tachikawa. Meet (Keita Ninomiya), Shota Inoki (Sotora Motomura), Chika Takami (Himena Negishi). One day, a baby is taken away at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic run by Isamu's father, Hiroshi Tachikawa (Takeyuki Yue). During the three minutes his mother went to the kiosk, she disappeared.

日本・トルコ合作映画。壮大なスケールで贈る真実の物語。二つのエピソードで構成。１８９０年、和歌山県串本町沖、トルコの親善使節団を乗せた軍艦エルトゥールル号が座礁して大破、海に投げ出された乗組員５００名以上が暴風雨で命を落とす。そうした過酷な状況下で、地元住民が懸命の救援活動に乗り出す。それから時を経たイラン・イラク戦争中の１９８５年、日本政府は危機的状況を理由にイラン在留邦人の救出を断念。テヘランに残された邦人は300名以上。そんな中、トルコ政府は彼らのためにある行動を取る。国境を越えた真の友情を描く感動作。第３９回日本アカデミー賞において、優秀作品賞と優秀監督賞をはじめとする１０部門で優秀賞を受賞。美術と録音部門は最優秀賞を獲得。

Sanpei is a young boy who lives with his grandpa in a small village in Akita and they both love fishing and are masters at it. His sister moved to Tokyo when their father died and blames it on the fishing. She thinks it's just a stupid play. Gyoshin, a bass professional fisher who lives and competes in America is in a slump and comes to the small village to try to find the joy of fishing again. Together, they all go to find the legendary big char of Yonakidani (The Crying Valley of The Night), which Sanpei's father once saw, but could never catch, before he died.

既成仏教に疑問を抱き、大宋国にわたって正師と真実の教えに巡り合った道元は、日本に戻り、様々な出会いと別れの中で、時の権力に心の太刀で立ち向かい、万人を救済する真の教えを説いていく。