In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of s...

After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.

Two estranged brothers inherit a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other a struggling architect as lucrative real estate for condos.