With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.

In postwar Japan, traumatized survivors must fight off a giant, devastating monster in this meticulously decolorized version of "Godzilla Minus One."

Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.