【STORY】

Showa era, year 37 (1962), in Bingo city, facing the Seto Inland Sea. Yasu, who works for a transport company is blasting a three-wheeler vehicle energetically as usual. He cannot hide how happy he is about his beloved wife Misako’s pregnancy, so he is teased day after day by his childhood friends Shoun and Taeko who is like an older sister to him. Yasu was separated from his parents at a young age, so to be able to make a family of his own was the greatest happiness to achieve. When Akira was born, many made a huge fuss saying a Japanese phrase “Tonbi ga taka wo unda (a black kite gave birth to a hawk),” which meant that a superior child can be born from ordinary parents. However, the happiness was brutally crushed by the death of his wife from a tragic accident. This was how the life of just father and son begins.
Akira does not understand his mother’s death and Yasu blames himself for her death. Kaiun, the Buddhist priest explains to Akira that everyone will step in to take the role as Akira’s mother. And to Yasu, he gives a strong encouragement telling him “you be the ocean.” Ocean quietly absorbs the falling snow. Don’t let Akira’s sadness pile up within him. Yasu became a father without knowing the love of his own parents. With the support from his friends, Yasu with his clumsy way of showing affection raises his child only wishing for his happiness. But one day, Akira insists on knowing the truth about his mother’s death. Yasu is forced to lie to him.

【Original Work】Kiyoshi Shigematsu「Tonbi」(Kadokawabunko)
【Director】Takahisa Zeze
【Screenplay】Takehiko Minato
【Cast】Hiroshi Abe
　　　 Takumi Kitamura　Anne Ken Yasuda Yuko Oshima
【Film　Distribution 】KADOKAWA　AEON Entertainment

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