In the mountainous Nishiyoshino region of Nara Prefecture, a small family made up of Kōzō, the father, his wife Yasuyo, grandmother Sachiko, toddler Michiru, and her male cousin, Eisuke, live peacefully together.

He brings his nephew and daughter to the construction site and they explore the large cavernous tunnel through which the train is expected to pass.

Yasuyo eventually decides that she wants to leave the village in order to go back and live with her parents though Michiru is against the idea.

The only professional actor in the production was Jun Kunimura, though the film was also the debut of Machiko Ono, who later went on to a successful acting career.

[4] Machiko Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role.