Ikeda Haru

Hino Mitsunari runs evening classes at a high school attended by foreigners, the elderly, and students struggling with various difficulties. The lessons are called “Community Ball” and involve everyone, including the teacher, sitting in a circle and thinking together on a question under the rule that no one should argue while someone is speaking. The various perspectives of the students all inform the film.

申し分のない学歴や仕事、良き家庭を、自分の力で勝ち取ってきた良多。順風満帆な人生を歩んできたが、ある日、6年間大切に育ててきた息子が病院内で他人の子どもと取り違えられていたことが判明する。血縁か、これまで過ごしてきた時間かという葛藤の中で、それぞれの家族が苦悩し……。