Yumiko Tanaka

Two unlucky friends accidentally break a spell that awakens two colossal beasts, Jaron and Goura, who decide to fight in the city of Chichibu.

Sandy (Toni Collette), a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu’s (Otaro Tsunashima) view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on earth. Japanese Story is a journey of change and discovery.

In a superstitious village with a history of seismic activity, a young woman's fate becomes bound to the kaiju worshipped by her community.