When married scientists invent a means of observational time travel, they hope to expose the WWII atrocities committed on Chinese prisoners by the Japanese at Unit 731 in Pingfang. However, their efforts only stir up political controversy and hateful backlash from denialists, and ultimately reveal that nations - and individuals - often choose to hide from the past rather than confront it.

Following the aftermath of World War II, a Japanese soldier shows up at the house of one of his former battalion mate, a mother must grapple with whether to hold onto her son’s memory or let him go.

In World War II Japan, a married couple cares for an enemy combatant who has washed upon their village's shore—despite disapproval from their community.

At the beginning of American occupation in Japan following World War II, an American soldier attempts to befriend a Japanese shopkeeper but finds that he can't seem to say the right thing.

A boy growing up during Japan’s postwar economic ascendancy comes to grips with the sudden death of his mother and the eventual passing of his blind, aging father.

In post-war Japan, an ex-soldier and his childhood neighbor continue their friendship as adults, on unequal terms.

A teenager in America during World War II grapples with his personal, hostile feelings toward the Japanese farmer who moves next door.

An aging doctor grapples with his role in the war crimes of Imperial Japan.

A Japanese businessman reflects on his experience with Chinese people and longs to visit China.

The life of a young Japanese man becomes intimately intertwined with his deceased best-friend's girlfriend, as they each navigate the past in search of lost time.