Masaki Izawa

青森県鯵ヶ沢町でイカ焼き屋「きくや」を営むセツ子は、たくさんの捨て犬を保護して、世話をしていた。店は犬を可愛がる子供たちが集まり、特に小学生のアキラは犬が大好きだった。ある日、白いライオンのような犬が町で見かけられるようになる。独特の風貌から町の人々は犬を「わさお」と呼んでいたが、食べ物を与えようとしても、なかなか近付いてこない。しかし、セツ子は、わさおの視線の先に、常にアキラがいる事に気がつく。

Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the family who live in the house. However, he has been working so hard that he has forgotten to cherish his own family. When he looks after a client who wants to leave her father-in-law in a nursing home, it reminds him of his grandmother whom he loved so much. Father's death, grandmother's struggle with disease, and home care - those were grueling times, but the memories have become invaluable for Tomohiro. He realizes his family is the most precious thing of all. On a day off, he and his family decide to visit his mother who lives alone in their old hometown.