Synopsis

Saitama Prefecture has recently witnessed yet another tragic instance of "tarai," a phenomenon of double death. In Kawagoe, an emergency clinic specializing in weekend and nighttime care has been established. Volunteer doctors and nurses have convened, driven by a desire to address the deficiencies in current medical provision. Emergency patients, turned away by other facilities, arrive in a steady stream. The film documents this effort during a major holiday weekend in May, a period when these