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Since Sadayuki disappeared, Satoko has been waiting for her husband to return at the ticket gate every morning. Sadayuki's junior colleague Wataru says that they should search together. Satoko learns of Kyoko's existence from Sadayuki's boss Ueno. She is the daughter of the general manager of Chikada Bussan and recently returned to Japan after graduating from a university in Europe. Sadayuki disappeared a few days later. Kyoko was in Chiba. Meanwhile, Wataru submitted his resignation to the company and divorced his wife Aki. Then he and Satoko headed to Chiba...
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JA

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Wataru Igawa
A shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom.