The Sun Script

Estonian strongwoman Lily Ojamaa is touring the Russian Empire with a circus troupe when a revolution erupts, plunging the country into chaos. Caught in the midst of a civil war, she is compelled to escape. First to Shanghai and then onwards, to Japan where she discovers sumo — the ancient Japanese style of wrestling. 

Meanwhile, Nitta Tsuneo, an amateur linguist and the son of a Shintō priest hailing from a prestigious samurai lineage, embarks on a journey in the opposite direction. At first glance, it seems he is only traveling to Russia to locate the grave of his brother who went missing during the war; however his true objective is to unravel the secrets of The Sun Script. 

Due to unexpected twists of fate, it becomes increasingly clear that both Lily’s and Tsuneo’s life paths are inherently intertwined and eventually their mirrored paths lead them to swap places in each others’ lives.