STORY:
In a small town of southern Japan, Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto and Aki Hirose, classmates since junior high, become high school students. During this time they begin to date and their conversations circle around the idea of what love really is, beginning after Saku's grandfather shares his own past love story with Saku.
After a trip the two take to an abandoned island, Aki discovers she has leukemia, which limits her chances to go outside or see Saku. Once Saku learns the truth, he buys flight tickets to take Aki to Australia's Uluru (Ayers Rock); a place she had always wanted to visit after missing the school trip there, but she dies before she could board the plane.
The story takes place as a flashback through Saku's eyes as he and Aki's parents travel to Australia to spread Aki's ashes in the place she had always wanted to see.
CAST:
Takao Osawa as Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto (adult)
Mirai Moriyama as Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto (teenager)
Masami Nagasawa as Aki Hirose
Kou Shibasaki as Ritsuko Fujimura (adult)
Rio Kanno as Ritsuko Fujimura (teenager)
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Uncle Shige
Kankuro Kudo as Ryunosuke Oki (adult)
Issei Takahashi as Ryunosuke Oki (teenager)
Kanji Tsuda as Johnny
