خلاصه داستان : "آئوکی میاکو" دختر جوانی از شهر هیروساکی، پس از اتمام دبیرستان برای کمک مالی در کارگاه تولید ظروف سفالی لاکی پدرش "تسوگاروی" می‌گذراند. با وجود افول این صنعت سنتی، میاکو مصمم است آن را دوباره زنده کند. اما ...

Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…