Teru fell into a manhole when he was little and has a scar on his head and his brain. His grandma knitted him a hat that he never takes off, because if he does he will have a "spasm". He works at his grandma's coin operated laundry, making sure no one steals anything and cleaning up. One day a sad, beautiful woman comes in to do her laundry and leaves behind an article of clothing. He closes up the laundry and returns it to her. She invites him in and holds his hand, obviously wounded and lonely.
Her story is that she always wanted to move to Tokyo and work in a flower shop. While there she falls in love with a delivery man. When he dumps her because his wife is having a baby, she is crushed and starts stealing. Eventually she moves to the end of the busline to live. Teru follows her there to return her blood-stained dress-blood stained from an attempted suicide.
The actor playing Teru wipes his nose much in the way deCaprio did in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" to indicate he is mentally challenged.
The question is can these two people get together and have a good life together? And what about the pigeons?
Oh yeah, there are pigeons. On his way to return the blood stained dressed, Teru hitches a ride with a surly man who likes Teru and gives him his card inviting him to call if he ever needs help. It turns out he does wedding pigeons.
There were some cute moments and characters in this movie, but it didn't quite work for me. I will rate it 2/5 acorns.
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