一个男人，因为癌症而失去发声的能力。人生跌至谷底后，他开始重新审视自己的过往。这一天，他得知女儿并非亲生的事实，起初男人对妻子充满了疑惑和愤恨，但不久后就变成了迷惘。男人心中满是苦闷，他渴望大声呐喊，无奈发不出半点声音。于是，他只能踏上一段孤独的寻爱之旅……
本片为与濑濑敬久并称为“粉红四天王”的佐野和宏阔别18年之久的大银幕之作。1997年，佐野导演罹患咽头癌而割除声带，由此放下导筒。在拍摄本片期间，他全靠纸笔和演职员交流。

Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. He is admired by the children on the island and he is interested in learning the island song as well as drinking with his men. Toe is an elementary school teacher on Kakeromajima and she has feelings for Saku.

该片根据2005年山口雄大与山本淳一执导的科幻恐怖片《人肉机器》改编，讲述人类与神秘生命体寄生的怪物战斗的故事。
催债人野田勇次是个连定额任务都无法完成、就算被上司欺负也不敢吱声的中年男人。而且他被医生告知患了癌症。就在他生无可恋之时，一个神秘的生物寄“unit”寄生在了他身上。被“unit”寄生的人，最终都会丧失人格，变成人肉机器。但是，不知为何，勇次没有完全被机器化，为了保护心灵深处存有的自我意识，他一次次与人肉机器人们展开战斗。

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply involved in the lives of the families pained by that secret truth.