Sticks and Stones

Directed by Takuma Sato

With Narumi Uno, Motoki Ochiai, Shunya Itabashi, Haruna Hori and Gaku Hosokawa

Haruka is a rookie physical therapist at an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Japan. Just after her boyfriend suddenly dumps her, it's set that the very first patient she'll be in charge of through his hospitalization is Mr. Tsuge, who is paralyzed on his left side from a stroke. On the first day of rehabilitation, Tsuge asks Haruka, "Can I go back to my old life?" but she cannot answer.