阪神・淡路大震災15周年紀念而到日本取材的法國女記者(黛博拉·弗朗西斯)與翻譯員(西島秀俊)訪問了住在災後重建住宅區的受災居民(阿部寬,戲裡的身份是以前當過攝影記者)所引發心靈衝擊的故事--yoyoA young French reporter visits Japan to investigate the phenomenon of 'Death By Loneliness', which seems to have occurred following the 1995 Kobe earthquake. She interviews various people in Kobe and meets Kenji Ishida. The reporter learns that Kenji himself was a photojournalist during the Kobe earthquake.