The film tells the story of three people for a year: a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job: One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive.。曾凭借《丢在八月的路上》获得芥川奖,另有作品《想戴上戒指》也被翻拍为电影而为世人所知的作家伊藤果子的小说《蒲生家的路边餐馆》以同名电影登上荧幕,由染谷将太和黑川芽以主演。公路旁一家门可罗雀的路边餐馆,蒲生家的两个孩子沙纪(黑川芽以饰)和弟弟俊也(染谷将太饰)便出生于此。因父亲三郎(永濑正敏饰)早年曾混迹黑社会并且生活潦倒,姐弟俩从小被周围蔑称为“一家都是傻瓜”。日复一日,年复一年,沙纪以堕落来反抗,后来干脆挺着大肚子离家出走。数年以后,沙纪因遭受丈夫家暴而带着女儿亚希子回到娘家。为了和过去一刀两断,沙纪带着亚希子和俊一起去和丈夫谈离婚。旅途中,姐弟共同回忆起和昔日的种种情景……。任天野在剧中独挑大梁一人分饰三角化身“未来战士”,在现实与梦想之间铸造一段传奇人生。。