Desc: Tokugawa Treasure to be Given or Not to Be Given: Directed by Issei Abe. [Tokugawa Treasure] In 1853, at the end of the Edo Period, Japan opened up after years of self-imposed isolation. It is believed that an enormous amount of the government's gold was buried by Tokugawa Government in Mt. Akagi in Japan. [Mizuno's famiry] In 1886, a former samurai Tomoyoshi Mizuno was left a legal will by a man who was suspected to have taken part in hiding the Tokugawa treasure. The will said 'The burred treasure in Akagi is not a made-up story. The amount of the treasure there is 3.6 million ryo [roughly 350 billion dollars]'. Mizuno invested a vast amount of his wealth to buy Mt. Akagi. Since then, Mizuno's family has been excavating the hidden gold for 3 generations, 120 years. [This film] At Mt. Akagi, Tomoyuki Mizuno was into a government gold excavation project as a 3rd generation owner. The story starts where Tomoyuki Mizuno finally came to a discovery of a place with potential of gold after 40 years of thorough investigation. His discovery was led by deciphering old maps and a scroll handed by a samurai. (highlight) -Mizuno's strong character & behavior. -The history of the Mizuno's family and digging miles of tunnels. -Eccentric people who come for the golds. -The story follows to Mizuno's full-scale gold excavation project and finally his death. This film conveys his way of life and philosophy as his lifelong theme, 'To be given or not to be given' and how he fights against the fate that invited him into this unrealistic project.