

Seiji Kamiya (Koji Yakusho) is a pottery craftsman who lost his wife at an early age and now lives alone in a mountain village. His only son, Gaku, works in Algeria and is planning to marry Nadia, a refugee. When Gaku returns to Japan, he declares that he will quit the company when he gets married and take over the pottery business but Seiji is opposed to the idea. Meanwhile, Marcos, a young Brazilian who lives in an apartment complex in the next town, is helped by Seiji when he is chased by a gang.