Tōko works as a shrine maiden. Her days are full of joy, as she would be called out by the village people to play or sometimes simply savor time with nothing spectacular to do. One day, Tōko finds out that the village festival which she has been waiting for with great anticipation will be cancelled due to an old superstition. Tōko, who wants to make the festival happen, starts preparations against the advice of the villagers. Events unfold in an unexpected direction when she meets a strange little girl by the lake.
Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose sister is also missing. Everything changes when the police contact her to inform her that they have found the body of a young woman in Lake Biwa, but the body is that of Hiyori's sister, not Yu. Together Eimi and Hiyori search for the murderer, but things take an unexpected turn.
Mita (Amane Okayama) wanted to become a videographer in Tokyo, but he failed to achieve his dream. He is now back in his hometown and works in the tourist division at city hall. Manabe (Rena Takeda) works with Mita in the tourism division. One day, town chief Maruyama (Yuichi Nakamura) gives an order to Mita. The order is to revitalize the town within 2 weeks. Mita decides to make a promotion video of the town.
「폐점합니다」라고 붙여진 벽보, 하룻밤 사이에 부서지는 건물, 골목길에서 사라져가는 아이들의 목소리− 지금 일본은 발전과 재개발이라는 명목 아래 크게 변화하려 하고 있다. "사라져가는 무언가"를 감사한 마음을 담아 소중하게 떠나보내는 것으로 앞으로 나아가려 하는 본작의 주인공은, 현대에 사는 우리들에게 소중한 무언가가 끝나갈 때쯤 어떻게 그들과 마주하는지를 진솔한 시선으로 전해준다. 본작의 감독은 데뷔작부터 지금까지 해외 영화제에서 다수의 상을 수상해 프랑스의 일류 영화잡지 카예 뒤 시네마(Cahiers du cinéma)에서 그 날카로운 감성을 절찬받아 전작 「섬머 블룸스」가 모스크바 국제영화제에서 2개의 상을 수상한 나카가와 류타로가 맡는다.
A woman goes back to her hometown for the first time in 6 years to see her younger sister perform in a stage play during a festival. There, memories of a past trauma starts to arise
