Koji (Michitaka Tsutsui, Twinkle), an unmarried designer in a Tokyo ad agency, is called back to his hometown for the funeral of his father and learns on arrival that his nephew, Takuya (Takahito Hosoyamada), is on probation for attempting a robbery at a post office. The boy, disturbed by both his parents' divorce and his grandfather's death, is unwilling to communicate with anyone ­ least of all his uncle from Tokyo, who irritates the hell out of him.