Dreaming Awake

Recently appointed dean at a film school Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students Daisuke The brash headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young peoples lives during the war six decades earlier Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro who experienced the war firsthand Kimuros wife Emiko is also troubled by memories of the war She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him When Daisukes neurosis causes him to quit school life changes for all three of them