Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Kenta is recognized for his ability as a basketball player, aspiring after NBA stars. After an argument with his father, he gets in a road accident in the rain. The accident leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. He cannot accept the reality that he can only move his head and arm. His suffering leads him to try to commit suicide. The love of his family and friends is a source of great energy to him. With the will to live, he receives treatment. One day, he sees a game of wheelchair basketball. Makoto, who has the same handicap as him, but who is more active, becomes close to him. At last, Kenta joins the wheelchair basketball team and finds a new life. It is movie of man’s 'triumph of life' from a physical disability. The film has a similar story development and conflict structure as other films that deal with handicaps, but it gives a great deal of weight on hope than trials. Because the director wanted to show the process of how someone learns to love life again, this film makes the audience smile rather than cry with its warm sight and hopeful massage. The wheelchair basketball game is one of the sights in this film. It gives you a verisimilitude of wheelchair basketball game that you didn't expect.