In her search for answers, 17-year-old Haru sets out on a long journey across the country to the town where, in 2011, the devastating tsunami swept away her brother and parents. This road trip takes the young woman, who is still haunted by her loss, from Hiroshima to Tokyo and Fukushima and all the way to Ōtsuchi, where her family home once stood. On the way she encounters other people, other stories, other lives and other losses. Landscapes and faces. The journey ends in the middle of a garden in full bloom among the scarred surroundings of her coastal hometown.. In it stands a telephone box which, even though it is no longer connected, is used to speak to those who cannot be reached any other way.
Автомобиль на полной скорости падает с пирса в море. Пассажиры - местный бизнесмен, Фукутаро Сиракава погибает, а его жена Кумако остаётся невредимой. Вскоре выясняется, что жизнь мужа была застрахована на 300 миллионов иен, и Кумако арестовывают по подозрению в убийстве. Газеты осуждают ее как злую женщину, и публика не сомневается в виновнике преступления. В суде Кумако защищает адвокат Рицуко Сахара, которая сама не уверена в беззащитности своей подопечной.
Masako, a five-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Chiba, gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffered all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue. The doctor checks on her for hours on end and arrive at the conclusion that she has tetanus. It seems like the devil has come to dwell in the little girl's body. Her parents have to to bear the sufferings of their child and face the fear that they might also be the victims of tetanus. The once peaceful family has changed completely and the three have been cast into a bottomless hell.
