Setsuo has been living alone for the past decade, working as a train driver in Kagoshima. One day a young woman and a little boy appear before him to inform that his son has died of a heart attack, and that they are his bereaved wife and son. Dismayed to learn of his son’s sudden death, but flustered by his new daughter-in-law Akira and grandson Shunya, Setsuo accepts them into his home, and step by step they form a ‘family’. Akira, determined to raise Shunya as her own son, takes a test to become a train driver to please the boy who loves trains. The grief of losing a loved one never fades away. You have to learn how to live with it, only then can you heal and rebound. This is a tale about three ‘unfamiliar’ people who incidentally become a ‘family’, forging a unique but heartfelt bond, delicately portrayed by director Yoshida Yasuhiro. Kunimura Jun, internationally acclaimed for his appearances in Hollywood movies, shows that his masterful acting boasts both a wide range and a profound depth. (Karen Park)