Three teens embark on a wild road odyssey to rescue their kidnapped class bully from a gang of yakuza. En route, they run afoul of some cops, befriend a motley former gangster, and experience the first seismic shocks of growing up.

Party balloons, toy windmills, and glistering fireworks flash playground color along the coast southwest of Tokyo in this coming-of-age picaresque from Shinji Sōmai. Long takes and aerial shots track the acrobatic antics of three wilful adolescents, clinging—with all their might—to childhood things.