Palme no Ki

Palme was fashioned from wood to comfort an ailing woman, then withdrew into silence after her death. A wounded warrior arrives carrying a mysterious egg and asks that it be delivered to an underground realm. Palme leaves his familiar world, drawn by the hope that the journey might make him human.

Meeting Popo and a group of children with wounds of their own complicates that wish. Affection, fear, and loss become more immediate than the transformation he imagined. As competing forces pursue the egg and a formidable power waits below, Palme must confront the difference between possessing a human body and understanding a human heart.