Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

For the first time in many years, Gou-ichi TAKATA (Ken TAKAKURA) takes the bullet train to Tokyo from the quiet fisherman’s village where he lives on the northwest coast of Japan. His daughter-in-law, Rie (Shinobu TERAJIMA) telephones to tell him that his son, Ken-ichi (Kiichi NAKAI) is seriously ill, and asking for his father.