The entire film is a man running. No spectacle, no detours, just Melos eating dust for forty kilometers because his friend is going to die if he stops. The friendship isn't explained or performed, it's proven in every step, in the refusal to fail, in a promise that matters more than exhaustion. When he finally arrives, you understand why this story has survived two thousand years.

Melos runs with everything he has to rescue his best friend, who has been locked up in his place. The film centers on the close friendship between the two men and the devotion each shows the other. Made as a Gakken production, it adapts the familiar story Run, Melos! as a single feature, blending adventure with drama.