Green Mind, Metal Bats (2006)

Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo (stage name ‘Nonko’), but wasn’t popular. She married her manager and soon divorced. Now a once-divorced woman in her mid-30s, she returns home to the Shinto shrine that her family runs, to help out with domestic chores. Her father is always in a stubborn rage, her mother is always trying to calm things down. However, Nonko’s married sister, who already has a daughter, scathingly says of Nonko, “It’s all over for her.”

Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.

Tras haber salido de prisión y cansada de los cotilleos del vecindario sobre ella y su familia, Suzuko Sato, una joven de 21 años, decide vagar por todo Japón, estableciéndose en un lugar hasta que ahorra un millón de yenes, momento en el que se marcha a otro destino para vivir nuevas experiencias y conocer a otras personas.

Wanee y Junah son novios y conviven en casa de ella, todo marcha bien hasta que los recuerdos de un antiguo amor de Wanee comienzan a venir a su mente.

In one long Friday evening, Takeshi Miyata, a straight-arrow businessman, will encounter a number of people (some only fleetingly) who have intertwining fates.

A story of three families living different but similar lives. They always fight and quarrel, but love is the common denominator for their relationship, making people think about what families are for.

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.

Seok-joong, un maduro solterón que no tiene experiencia en citas, se enamora a primera vista de una prostituta llamada Eun-ha. Al principio, Eun-ha no muestra ningún interés por Seok-joong, pero gradualmente irá enamorándose de él. Sin embargo, cuando las cosas parecían ir bien para ellos, Eun-ha descubre algo que provoca un giro dramático de los acontecimientos.