Synopsis: A team of a TV station goes to produce a film in a poor mountainous area where some minority nationalities live. In need of a cow, the team offers only ￥ 10 for it, while those locals charge more. In the past, the people living in the mountain used to take out the best food to treat those from cities free of charge. With an annual income of below ￥ 200 per capita and an empty stomach, they were willing to give their best to satisfy the city people. What they wanted was the praise by the city people--- “hospitality”. The present is quite different from the past. The people living in the mountain manage to make money on seeing the people from cities. They become aware that everything in the mountain should be paid--- the cows they've raised, the costumes and accouterments they've produced, the songs and dances they've made, the sceneries in the mountain they've created and the labors they've contributed to the city people. Certainly, the people from cities begin to feel repulsion for them and say their good folkways have been changed. The story in Foggy Valley reflects the contradictions between cities and villages and the changes of them, revealing different spiritual attempts of people in this situation.
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