In consequence of his professional mistakes and declining career, Shuji and his family, the Sasaya’s, are forced to leave the wealthy suburb of Tokyo. The move is slow, long and heartbreaking, and the two Sasaya children, an old teenager and a young adult, unwittingly turn the grieving process...
TV producer Kei and her recently retired comedian boyfriend Yoshi are working to conceive their first child as they consider marriage approaching mid-thirties—a process complicated by the fact that Kei has continued taking contraceptives. Annoyed by Yoshi relaxing into domestic life and slacking...
51-year-old Sakurako Sato is a single, poor woman who works for a home care service. When she was young, her father failed in business and evaporated, leaving her with a large debt. She has raised her younger sister, Umeko and has reached this age without a single happy memory of love or fun. In...
Kazuhiko, a graduate of a prestigious university, wasn't enjoying his life, until he takes a job at a bathhouse. Then he discovers that the baths are used as a space for killing people after closing hours.
A middle-aged salary man can’t find anyone to talk to. Everybody in his life avoids him, having their own troubles to deal with. Feeling all alone in the huge city one night, he sees a man holding a glowing stick and helping people crossing the railway. Might this man be willing to listen to him?
Suddenly alone after the death of her husband, a mother seeks refuge with her relatives, who help her to endure the unbearable. In the end, it's always harder for the bereaved than for the dead.
How far may man intervene in creation to save what he loves? Kaito has constructed an android, Akira, who is deeply devoted to him. But after the death of his brother Haruki, Kaito turns his back on Akira. The latter lets himself be recruited by OSI employees to take part in a Mars mission. He...
One month after total offensive on the monster which suddenly appeared, the body drifted down to the beach in a local town. The marine biologist, Nagamine was summoned to research the body and eventually knew the mayor and the government officials were planning to build a storage facility covering...
