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The Kojimas run an onsen, hot spring inn. The husband decided he wanted a dog, but the wife tried to talk him out, saying he couldn't look after the dog. To prove he can look after a dog, he starts to take a stuffed dog for a walk.
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In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.