An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unknown past.

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.

Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.

寺庙住持的独生子井上广树是个酷爱摄影的高中二年级学生，而母亲达子总是嘱咐他做作业、练钢琴，让他十分不耐烦。他爱慕着隔壁女校的橘百合子，总在放学后用望远镜看她弹钢琴，因其寂寥的神情，广树将其称作“寂寞人”。庙里大扫除的时候，广树和朋友们不小心弄乱了母亲少女时代的照片。
第二天，班上出现了一个奇怪的女同学，外号叫作“寂寞人”。同学们到广树家玩，“寂寞人”和达子发生口角，奇怪的是打了她，达子反而会感到疼痛。广树终于抓住机会结识了百合子，两人相处甚欢。然而情人节那天，广树却收到了百合子要求分手的信。同时，“寂寞人”也来拜访向广树告别。两天后，达子在走廊上拣到一张自己16岁时的照片，广树一瞥之间竟发觉照片上的正是“寂寞人”……
大林宣彦监督「尾道三部曲」第三部，本片根据山中恒的小说《有点奇怪的她》改编，讲述了一个甘美青涩的青春幻想故事。