Hidehiko Kobayashi

Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is trying to escape because he has stolen the key to liberate human beings from Mari's alien uncle. Mari, who only half believes their stories, meets her sister though she is not supposed to have one. Where is Mari heading for in her upside-down life?

Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is trying to escape because he has stolen the key to liberate human beings from Mari's alien uncle. Mari, who only half believes their stories, meets her sister though she is not supposed to have one. Where is Mari heading for in her upside-down life?

A young woman escapes from a city in the near future, where people's anger is medically controlled, and drifts away to a lonely island. It is the developer of the emotion-controlling medicine who finds her and marries her. Her memory is erased and she starts an entirely new quiet life as a different person. But an unexpected incident happens; many people get hurt; the truth is revealed; then she falls in love... And this is a comedy after all!

Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.

The first theatrical film by film critic Yoichi Ogino. Yayoi has a lover named Yataro, but she is not sure if its working. Strange things start to happen...

Nakayama is a university student living an uneventful life in a manga club. Aya, a younger student, secretly has feelings for him, but Nakayama's feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior student, like Aya. Aya has secret feelings for him, but Nakayama has feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior, has feelings for Aya. These emotions intertwine, a casual human drama unfolds, and finally, the seasons shift. The story unfolds in an unhurried manner, without many ups and downs, but with a deep insight into the temperament of modern university students. The tasteful dialogue between the man and the woman is outstanding.

Nakayama is a university student living an uneventful life in a manga club. Aya, a younger student, secretly has feelings for him, but Nakayama's feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior student, like Aya. Aya has secret feelings for him, but Nakayama has feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior, has feelings for Aya. These emotions intertwine, a casual human drama unfolds, and finally, the seasons shift. The story unfolds in an unhurried manner, without many ups and downs, but with a deep insight into the temperament of modern university students. The tasteful dialogue between the man and the woman is outstanding.

Nakayama is a university student living an uneventful life in a manga club. Aya, a younger student, secretly has feelings for him, but Nakayama's feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior student, like Aya. Aya has secret feelings for him, but Nakayama has feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior, has feelings for Aya. These emotions intertwine, a casual human drama unfolds, and finally, the seasons shift. The story unfolds in an unhurried manner, without many ups and downs, but with a deep insight into the temperament of modern university students. The tasteful dialogue between the man and the woman is outstanding.