국민배우 다카쿠라 켄의 6년만의 영화복귀작. 사랑하는 아내를 먼저 보내고 아내에 대한 그리움에 사무쳐 직장에 사표를 내고 아내의 유골을 바다에 뿌려주기 위해 여행을 떠난 남자의 이야기이다.

A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea. Eiji (Ken Takakura) works as a prison officer in Hokuriku. At the age of 53 Eiji loses his wife who he loved the most. Eiji then receives a letter from his dead wife which requests that her ashes be spread by in the sea next to her hometown. Her wife never mentioned such a thing while she was alive. In order to find out her real intentions, Eiji heads to his wife's hometown of Nagasaki with his homemade camper van.