Plot Summary:Jiro Yamada is an Instruction Manual Division Chief for a home electronics manufacturing company. Determined to advance accordingly to all of his life plans, Jiro obsessively makes instruction manuals for his daily life. As he retires at 60 and was about to enjoy 20 more years of well-planned out life, Jiro was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jiro's life plans shatters in front of him. Making the final manual in his life; the \"Yamada Family Manual\", Jiro decides to pay a visit to his three sons...