Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children.
Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. Hisfriend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, includingKino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it willwipe out the whole village and Jiya's family, too. As Jiyastruggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in thepresence of danger that one learns to be brave, and to appreciatehow wonderful life can be. The famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life afterescaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village.
