Hiroyuki Nishio

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

Yoriko Sudo believes in a new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacefully, devoting herself to the group daily.

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

Fukuda works part-time at a lounge/bar. Misaki and Yuki get to share a car after work. A conversation in the car turns their usual return home into an unexpected journey. Three people living and working in the city and their feelings about family and hometown.