Toma is 17 and lives in town by the river with his father and stepmother Kotoko. He is a witness to his father’s shady activities and constant abuse against Kotoko, and he suffers when he recognizes in himself some similarities between them. This similarities become even more evident when the young man cannot control his violent impulses towards Chigusa, with whom he has just started a relationship. When a tornado hits and floods the city, Kotoko, now pregnant, manages to escape. That will set in motion a search full of unexpected encounters. From the director of Eureka. Locarno 2013.