当电影在未来成为了非物质保护遗产，两位曾经的大导演为了争夺非遗传承人的名额展开了激烈的争夺。
富商之子仓持真知寿（吉岡澪皇饰）从少年时代便痴迷绘画，随着父亲企业的破产，父母相继自杀，真知寿的童年也变得一片黯淡。即便如此，他也从未放弃成为画家的梦想。时光流转，转眼长成青年的真知寿（柳忧怜饰）自顾自徜徉在艺术的世界中。为了提高技艺，他就读艺术学校，遇到一班志同道合的好朋友，和他们经历了喜怒哀乐、悲欢离合。他经常往返于画廊，而作品却迟迟得不到赏识，唯有同在印刷厂打工的少女幸子（麻生久美子饰）真切理解真知寿的艺术。人过中年，真知寿（北野武饰）依旧默默无闻，但即使生活怎样清贫，他的妻子幸子（樋口可南子饰）始终与其相伴，相互搀扶继续着这条充满磨难的艺术之路……本片荣获2009年保加利亚索非亚国际电影节观众大奖。
Devastated by the recent kidnapping of his 15-year-old son, Largo Winch looks on, helpless, as his business partner commits suicide during a live press conference. As everything turns against him, as his business empire starts to fail, he discovers that the two events are perhaps linked: if he finds the criminals responsible, he will perhaps see his son again. From Canada to Burma to Hong Kong… Largo doesn’t yet know that his search will lead him straight to hell… An action-packed movie with an intrigue-filled plot that will grip you without respite till the final breathless seconds.
