Masashi Ando was born in 1969 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is a director, known for Paprika (2006), When Marnie Was There (2014) and Princess Mononoke (1997).
The last survivor of a band of warriors is enslaved in a salt mine. One night, savage dogs attack and a mysterious disease wipes out everyone at the mine. The warrior escapes with a little girl, while a gifted physician looks for a cure.