Vice-Principal Inui
Una maestra de escuela llamada Yui visita la casa de un chico llamado Toshio Saeki, que ha estado ausente del colegio por un largo periodo de tiempo. Cuando llega, revive el terrible drama que se produjo en el hogar de Saeki hace 10 años. Una caja de carton en un armario es la clave para revelar una verdad oculta por mucho tiempo.
Intenso drama donde un soldado regresa a casa con honores, pero tiene los miembros amputados. Su esposa deberá honrar al país cuidando, también íntimamente, de un marido al que a penas puede reconocer.
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.
Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.
Two more tales of innocent women struggling against the odds to escape impossible situations.
Man in a Coffee Shop
Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Tsuboi is a screenwriter and Kinoshita a director. They have come to this town because Funaki, an actor, has tempted them to come here, but he has yet to arrive. Tsuboi and Kinoshita start wandering around the town and happen to meet a young woman, Atsuko. The three of them go on a journey together and become friends. But one day, Atsuko disappears.
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.
Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.
Hiroko
Takashi y cuatro de sus compañeros de escuela no son capaces de girar en la barra del gimnasio. Su profesor les da un ultimátum: si quieren aprobar, deberán superar esa dificultad; pero si uno de ellos fracasa, suspenderán los cinco.
Yoshiko
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory