Abstract:

This animated story, based on actual events, evokes the look
and feel of the Japanese art of Hunraku puppetry.
During the Second World War. young Yasuko goes to live with
her grandparents in Hokkaido, northern Japan. When nearby
Mount Usu erupts, her grandfather, postmaster Masao Mimatsu,
decides to record its activity. As the realities of war creep into
their remote village, the volcano continues to spew rocks and
smoke. As Yasuko looks at her grandfather's drawings, she realizes
that she is witnessing the birth of a new mountain, named
Showa Shinzan.