Plot

Shiniuma - Dead Horse - Brillante Ma Mendoza: The story begins at Banei racetrack in Obihiro, Hokkaido, in the midst of winter. Marcial (Manny) has won a race and is happily on his way home when immigration officers come to the ranch where he works as a stablehand. Manny is arrested for being in the country illegally and is deported. From Manila airport he takes a long-distance bus, jeepney, and bike taxi, and finally gets to his home village, but his family dispersed long ago and there is no place for him to stay. He sneaks into the Santa Ana racetrack in the end but.

Pigeon - Isao Yukisada: Set in Penang, Malaysia, where Michisaburo Tanaka lives in a big two-storied house with helpers. He keeps pigeons on the roof terrace. His son Masao comes to visit him from Japan every month but he is disinterested and does not stay long. One day, new helper Yasmin comes to look after Michisaburo. Through various problems a bond form between the two. With the help of Yasmin and her boyfriend Alif, Michisaburo goes to the beach where his brothers were killed during the war and sets the pigeons free.

Beyond the Bridge - Sotho Kulikar: In 1994, the reconstruction of the "Japanese Bridge" in Phnom Penh is complete after two years. Fukuda, the president of the Japanese company that oversaw the reconstruction, stands by the bridge and remembers the time he spent in Cambodia. It was in early 1970 when he came here to build the bridge. He fell in love with beautiful Mealea and promised her that they would get married and live in Japan together. However, as the Khmer Rouge gained power, his father made him return for fear of safety. 20 years later, Fukuda stands by the bridge and wonders if Mealea is still alive.

This Omnibus film brought together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme 'Living Together in Asia' to depict the lives of characters who journey between Japan and Cambodia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Brillante Ma Mendoza of the Philippines grapples with the issue of loss of National Identity and Home, setting his story in the Obihiro area of Hokkaido and Manila in the Philippines with a dynamic linkage of Shiniuma=Dead Horse. Isao Yukisada of Japan set the story in Malaysia where the Japanese army was once stationed but is now home to many Japanese retirees living out their remaining years. The story revolves around an elderly man who has parted from his family in Japan to live alone in Penang. But when a new helper comes to the house, he slowly opens up his mind and unexpected bond forms between them. bond becomes formed between two. Finally, Sotho Kulikar of Cambodia conveys a love story that unfolds across past and present against the backdrop of the nation's civil war. The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge for real in Phnom Penh gave inspiration to the director in creating a beautiful but heartrending love story between Cambodia and Japan.