Kikujiro (1999)

Kikujiro 1999 / 菊次郎の夏 1999 / Kikujiro no natsu , Summer Of Kikujiro

Masao, who lives alone with his grandmother in an old Shitamachi area of Tokyo, receives a package, and in looking for a seal finds a photo of his long lost mother. He finds her address in Toyohashi, several hundred miles to the west. Leaving home to see his mother, he meets his grandmother's neighbors, Kikujiro and his wife. Kikujiro's wife forces Kikujiro to accompany Masao on a journey to see his mother, telling Masao's grandmother that they are going to the beach. Ultimately, the two of them end up at a destination that neither of them could have imagined.