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. Kurosawa Kiyoshi delivers a dreamy and emotionally moving spiritual exploration into the circle of life. JOURNEY TO THE SHORE received Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.