Before Next Spring

Li Xiaoli comes to Fuchinobe, located in a remote area of Tokyo Japan, he is an exchange student for one year. He gets a part-time job at a Chinese restaurant, named "nankokute". In the course of work, he meets a group of his compatriots and the locals. Both of them live at the bottom of society, and have to face the choice of separation. There’s nowhere to run, like living in a jail. Each of them have their own secrets and pains. But inadvertently, Li Xiaoli gets acquainted with them. They give each other warmth，even if the warmth is very insignificant. Fast-forward a year，Li returns home on schedule. Everyone moves on with their lives, as if nothing has happened, as if Li has never been here, or as if he has never left.