Crossroads

Tatsuru Sawada works as an assistant cameramen He spends his days just wasting away To change himself he joins the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers At the training camp he causes trouble He opposes Kazunari Hamura and frequently breaks the rule at the camp Tatsuru and Kazunari are then sent to the Philippines with Shiho Nomura Even in the Philippines Tatsuru and Kazunari do not get along as well One day Tatsuru goes to Baguio to take a picture There he meets a boy named Noel and his older sister Angela He worries about the situation in the Philippines He feels helpless and goes back to Japan 8 years later Tatsuru and Kazunari meet again in the Tōhoku region where the great earthquake and tsunami occurred