Plot
Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built thus forcing a relocation of the farmers One of them is 78yearold Denzo whose son and his wife consider him senile Left alone he befriends a young boy Sentaro who has heard that the old man was once a great angler The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated Everyone will move away except Denzo