Eastern Memories is an unexpected road movie into the Far East of Mongolia and Japan. Seamlessly intertwining the past and the present into a visually stunning journey of adventure and exploration, love and death, conspiracies, and the fall of nations. All told by a dead Finn from the distant north. It is also the story of Finnish linguist and diplomat G. J. Ramstedt's travels into the age-old world of beliefs and traditions of the late 19th century, a world replaced today by ideologies and market economy. He witnessed the events of the past one hundred years, and now he reminds us of why we are here today.