A family's devastation doesn't end when they accept their daughter's disabilities, it starts there. What saves them isn't inspiration or breakthrough moments, but the slow, unglamorous work of building a space where their child and others like her can actually exist as people, not problems to solve. The film watches this happen without sentiment, finding its weight in the simple fact that Keiko's parents had to become different people to let her become herself.

Keiko is born with serious disabilities: she is deaf, unable to speak, and has an intellectual disability. Her parents try to accept her condition, but their hardship continues. Things begin to change when Keiko enters a school for the deaf. With the friendship and cooperation of teachers and friends, both Keiko and her parents grow. The family goes on to found a group called Donguri, meaning acorn, with the goal of creating a community workshop where people with disabilities can become independent. The film is a drama about a family facing disability and the support it finds along the way.