A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.
Akiyama
A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.
Kimiya, the maid
Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her doing so and go on their respective paths, ending soon their student life.
Woman at Hotel
Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
Un carismático conductor de autobús es apodado "Arigatô-san (Sr. Gracias)" debido a las constantes palabras de agradecimiento que dirige a los peatones que le dejan paso en el camino. En uno de sus viajes desde el pueblo de Izu hasta la ciudad de Tokyo llevará en su autobús, entre otros variopintos personajes, a una madre que se ha visto obligada por la penuria económica a mandar a su hija a trabajar en un burdel.
Waitress #1
La joven Omitsu se ha quedado sola con su hijo Ayabou tras verse abandonada por su esposo, Mizuhara. Cumplido su turno de camarera, regresa a casa para descubrir que su marido ha regresado. Mizuhara promete hacer borrón y cuenta nueva, así como encontrar un empleo que permita a Omitsu dejar de trabajar.
Otsuru
Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar. When Kenji visits the bar, he chases away a sailor who was hassling a shy girl, Ofuji, which makes Ohama jealous.
