《阴阳师》的作者日本奇幻小说家梦枕貘在1998年创作的山岳小说《诸神的山岭》确定搬上大银幕。
原作故事由痴迷世界最高峰“珠穆朗玛峰”的两个男人的人生轨迹为轴展开，讲述了2人不畏艰险勇攀高峰的冒险精神。作者梦枕貘坦言“这部小说终于要拍成电影，但现实问题是，包括导演和演员在内，大家要扛着摄像机爬上喜马拉雅的高山取景，对所有主创来说都是一次前所未有的挑战。”道出了梦枕貘对即将开拍的期待心情。
故事讲述了日本摄影家深町诚游逛尼泊尔首都加德满都的黑市时，发现了一部老相机，这部相机与1924年6月8日首次挑战珠峰未果、离奇失踪的英国登山家乔治·马洛里的相机非常相似，为了探寻相机的秘密，深町诚与失踪多年的日本传奇登山家羽生丈二不期而遇，马洛里登顶之谜能否解开？

In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.

During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and a murder has occurred. The culprit fingered is one of the patients.