The film examines such issues as Japan's wartime responsibility, the current nuclear fallout issue, and romance. The director, Nobuhiko Obayashi, has referred to the film as "Guernica in moving images."<ref name="Lee" /> The film's story follows the funeral of Mitsuo Suzuki, played by Toru Shinagawa, where the family, including his sister Eiko (Tokie Hidari); grandchildren Fuyuki (Takehiro Murata), Haruhiko (Yutaka Matsushige), Akito (Shunsuke Kubozuka), Kanna (Saki Terashima); and his great-granddaughter Kasane (Hirona Yamazaki)<ref name="Lee" /> all meet to discuss his death. Much of the film focuses on flashbacks to Suzuki's youth, and covers the history of the town of Ashibetsu, Hokkaido during the 1930s. The film crisscrosses the stories of a dozen different characters, from different decades.<ref name="JapanSociety" />
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