Haru's Journey

Tadao is an elderly fisherman. He lives in a small village in Hokkaido. His granddaughter Haru is with him. Haru had a job. But the work disappears. So she wants to go to Tokyo. She thinks she will find work there. She wants to take her grandfather along. But Tadao will not go to the capital. He is a stubborn man. So another way is looked for. A relative will be found to look after Tadao. The two of them set off for that. The road takes them to his siblings on the island of Honshu. Tatsuya Nakadai and Eri Tokunaga take the leads, with Hideji Ōtaki also in the cast, in Masahiro Kobayashi’s Japanese film of 2010.