The film opens in a subway station in Japan. A boy, Seita, is slumped up against a column in the station. His clothes are ragged, body covered with dirt…frailed arms and legs fall beside his body. He is looking down, breathing slowly. People walk pass him in the busy station. Many do not look at him, and those who acknowledge him....some leave food, some jump away when they see him. "It's disgraceful, having these bums here." Seita slumps to the ground. By nightfall, he whispers his last word: "Setsuko."
A custodian comes by and pokes the body with his broom. He is dead. Another one. There are many young boys in the subway station…each slumped up against a column, or a wall…some sleeping, some perhaps also dead. A fruit drops can falls from Seita's body. The custodian throws it outside into the bushes. The lid drops open from the can and fireflies from the bushes float into the sky. The spirit of a young girl Setsuko rise from the light of the fireflies. She sees into the station and the body of Seita. Her eyes widen at the sight but before she can reach out to him, a hand falls onto her shoulder. It is Seita. He is smiling. She smiles back at him.
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