Synopsis

Route 45, a national highway that follows the Pacific coast of Japan’s Tohoku region, remains a crucial connection for communities recovering from the devastation of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Beginning on the seventh anniversary of the disaster, we journey north from south, encountering individuals whose lives are interwoven with this road. Over three days, we speak with those who have remained, including an elderly woman resting near the site of her former home, and a researcher wh