Ko Dominick "Dom" Cobb rāua ko Arthur he "tangohanga": e mahi ana rātau i te mahi tutei umanga mā te whakamahi i te hangarau hōia whakamātautau hei whakauru atu ki te hinengaro o ō rātau whāinga, hei tango hoki i ngā mōhiohio utu nui i roto i tētahi ao moemoea tiritiri. Ko tā rātau whāinga hōu, he kaipakihi Hapanihi a Saito, e whakaatu ana i tāna ake whakaritenga hei whakamātautau i a Cobb mō tētahi mahi kāore e taea: te whakatōpūtanga i tētahi ariā ki te hinengaro o tētahi tangata, i te "tūtanga". Hei wawahi i te rangatōpū pūngao o tētahi kaiwhakataetae, ko Maurice Fischer, e hiahia ana a Saito kia whakaponohia e Cobb te tama a Fischer, ko Robert, ki te whakakore i te kamupene a tōna pāpā. I te hokinga mai, ka oati a Saito ki te whakamahi i tōna mana ki te whakamātautau i te tūnga hara o Cobb, e ārai ana i a ia i te hokinga atu ki ōna tamariki.
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