Synopsis

Once, when vibrant flower nurseries blanketed its hillsides, Shishijima in western Japan earned the name "flower island." Now, a community of fewer than twenty residents remains, among them eighty-two-year-old Takako Takashima. For half a century, she and her husband, Nagao, sustained their family by cultivating flowers in a field they built together. He passed away three years ago, yet she still ascends the steep slope each day to tend their garden. The labor is demanding, but she lovingly care