Masaki Horiguchi

東京の下町、師匠・出船亭志ん米の自宅に住み込み落語の修行に明け暮れる出船亭志ん田は、ある日かつて一門に在籍していた志ん魚を捜してほしいと師匠から頼まれる。志ん魚の消息を求めて師匠の弟弟子・志ん水や昔の門下生たちを訪ね回るが、手掛かりをつかめずにいた。やがて志ん米の娘・夕美も志ん魚捜しを手伝うことになり…。

An elementary school student Kazuya lives with his step parents. His biological mother is dead and his biological father is lost. To trace his biological father, Kazuya visits a strip club, his mother's former workplace. There, he finds out a 'HOPE' cigarette box and an old photograph of a man and his mother, which gives him a hope of finding him.