《東京奏鳴曲》(第四屆)、《贖罪》(第九屆)導演黑澤清改編湯本香樹實的同名小說，一齣感人而另類的愛情故事。故事講述丈夫優介(淺野忠信飾)三年前失蹤，卻突然回家與鋼琴教師妻子瑞希(深津繪里飾)團聚，可惜回來是為了道別，並邀她共渡一次最後旅程。年屆59的黑澤清近年已絕少電影作品。對喜歡黑澤清心理驚慄片的影迷，此另類愛情片依然感到淡淡懸味：消失多年的丈夫突然歸來，妻子的反應竟然是他忘記除鞋入屋。演技派型男淺野忠信與《惡人》(第七屆)深津繪里更是首度合作演出。

Piano teacher Mizuki (Fukatsu Eri) returns home one night and receives a surprise at the door: Her husband Yusuke (Asano Tadanobu) has returned home after being missing for three years. Yusuke tells her that he has died and asks her to join him on one final journey to visit those who have helped him before his spirit moves on to the afterlife. In this temporary departure from the horror genre, Kurosawa Kiyoshi delivers a dreamy and emotionally moving spiritual exploration into the circle of life. One of Japan’s finest actresses, Fukatsu Eri is simply superb as a woman trying to come to terms with the inevitable farewell to the love of her life.