Kikujiro's Summer

Summer vacation has arrived. Masao (played by Yusuke Sekiguchi), a third-year elementary school student who lost his father when he was young, now lives with his grandma. Summer vacation is particularly boring. He took out the letter his mother sent back from other places and prepared to go to Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture to visit his mother alone. After the neighbor's aunt (Kaseko Kishimoto) found out, she decided to help Masao fulfill his wish. She used a sum of money for travel expenses and arranged for her idle husband Kikujiro (played by Takeshi Kitano) to accompany Masao on the journey to find his mother. But on the first day, Kikujiro lost all the money given by his wife, so the two had to walk to Aichi. After hitchhiking and getting into a lot of trouble, Kikujiro finally took Masao to his mother's house, but the little boy was very frustrated. On the way back, Kikujiro tried to comfort him. The two had a great time, and the summer passed just like that.