 This short film was made for a special TV program on a popular actor Masahiro Motoki (meeting the acclaimed director Jun Ichikawa). They were interested in working each other although they thought their style wouldn t work well. It turned out to be a splendid piece, portrayed ordinary people s lives, through Isamu s eyes, a sub manager of a family restaurant (diner), including his . They went on to make a feature film  Tokiwa-so no seishun  (1996).