A gentle, sweet-natured story of the unlikely friendship between a young rookie filmmaker (Oguri Shun) who comes to the countrysie to shoot a zombie movie, and a reclusive lumberjack (Yakusho Koji) mourning the death of his wife and struggling to connect with his grown-up son. Through superb, underplayed performances and an unabashed sentimentality, the result is perhaps overlong, but quite delightful.