独自在东京打拼的青年摄影师中原航（松本润 饰）正站在人生的交叉口，某日他被所属杂志社派往故乡山口县萩市执行拍摄任务。虽然对这个在他眼里毫无特色的临海小城市没有任何感觉，可还是不得不奉命启程。久违的渔民父亲（国村隼 饰）、离婚回家的姐姐美波（户田菜穗 饰）以及正就读小学却老气横秋的外甥苍太（镝木海之 饰），并未唤起他对故乡过多的感怀。在走访母校时，他意外重逢了已成为该校老师的前女友夏香（荣仓奈奈 饰）。迫于夏香的强势，航被迫为前女友所指挥的小学生合唱团担当钢琴伴奏。为了参加NHK全国学校合唱比赛，夏香和孩子们不懈努力。 　　在这一过程中，航和周围亲朋的心境悄然发生改变，曾经遥远的梦想似乎也变得清晰起来……

Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.

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