繼《那年遇上世之介》和《Band友愛回家》(第13屆)後，導演沖田修一依然貫徹其幽默不失溫䁔的說故事手法，新作以日本近代殿堂級藝術家熊谷守一為主角，熊谷晚年與妻子秀子生活，差不多近30年不出門，已逾90高齡。故事描述他晚年其中一天的時光:沉迷於方寸的庭園之中，閒時趴在石頭上觀看螞蟻先邁左腿還是右腿，透過花草魚蟲連接整個宇宙;不時又要應付絡繹不絕的訪客，還有來串門子的鄰居等，活得燦爛繽紛，堪稱世上最不孤獨的九旬老人。飾演熊谷守一夫婦的老戲骨山崎努和樹木希林舉手投足都是戲，本片竟然是二人首度合作，台上的影壇瑰寶與台下的藝壇傳奇互相輝映。

Japanese painter and calligrapher Kumagai Morikazu (1880-1977) gets the biopic treatment in an unusual and subtly entertaining fashion. Mori depicts a single day in the life of the aged and agoraphobic Kumagai as he patiently observes flora and fauna in his backyard garden. Occasionally he receives requests from a parade of awestruck visitors, or interacts with his understanding wife, but before long it’s back to watching bugs in the garden for Kumagai – that is, unless a nearby housing development permanently blocks his sunlight. Less a biopic than an observational satire on the prickly relationship between artists and ‘normiesʼ, this dryly amusing work from director Okita Shuichi is an odd and delightful gem.