Jyowa is a made-up word created by Yukimura Sensei which merges the characters for “rope” and for “speaking or communicating”, hence it can be translated as “communicating through ropes” or “rope stories”. This project was started in Tokyo in 2011 as a documentary film, yet it ended up becoming more of an aesthetic experience that takes the viewer into the unique universe of five of Japan’s top rope artists (by order of appearance): Naka Akira, Yukimura Haruki, Nawashi Kanna, Urado Hiroshi and Hajime Kinoko. In each of the the five chapters we can see two people taking a journey into a deep and profound level of communication in which rope takes a very special place.

In year 20xx, the world was plagued with zombies. Human race was on a verge of extinction and clock was ticking for those who were still alive. When a young male protagonist, Toshiyuki (Ryouta MURAI) was running alone from a horde, he comes across a safe house. The place seemed like a paradise, with endless food supplies and other humans for a company. However, to Toshiyuki's horror, he soon realized that the real nature of the place was to breed humans so zombies won't starve to death! Toshiyuki was paired up with a girl named Mitsue (Nagisa ODAJIMA). Although things are very awkward between them, Toshiyuki is aware that he is slowly falling in love with her. Is this the last sanctuary or sugar-coated hell? As emotions and speculations entwine, the "Human Farm" is facing a bloody fate. The most pleasurable way to survive in the Zombie-filled apocalypse!