Fumitsugu Ikeda

The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.

Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?

Mei Tachibana era es una estudiante de secundaria. Debido a un incidente traumático cuando era una niña, Mei ha sido incapaz de hacer amigos o tener novios. Por error, Mei daña al alumno más popular de la escuela llamado Yamato Kurosawa. De alguna manera, a Yamato Kurosawa le interesa Mei Tachibana.ya que de alguna forma tienen algo en común. Un día, Yamato Kurosawa besa a Mei Tachibana para salvarla de un acosador. A partir de ese beso, comienza su historia de amor.Pero ellos tienen que luchar por su amor ya que Yomato es el chico más popular de la secundaria y muchas chicas se interesan en él. También más tarde llega un amigo de Yamoto y se interesa en Mei ya que son muy parecidos.

Después de divorciarse tras un año de matrimonio, Haru recibe una proposición de un chef samurai de la región de Kaga para que se case con su hijo Yasunobu Funaki, que eligió las espadas en vez de los fogones. Ahora Haru tiene que enseñarle a su nuevo marido el arte de la cocina para preservar el nombre de la familia y su posición como chef samurai.

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, ‘The Great Passage.’ In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems. Will ‘The Great Passage’ ever be completed?

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.