Gym Manager
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
Mr. Miyazaki
Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), introduces himself, the pupils are surprised by his stutter. He has a speech impediment. Unable to speak eloquently, Murauchi faces his pupils with ‘words of truth’. His first instruction to the pupils is to return Noguchi’s desk and chair to the original place in the classroom. Every morning Murauchi greets the empty desk, “Good morning, Noguchi.” This causes a ripple beyond the classroom and among other teachers and parents, but Murauchi will not stop doing it. Eventually the day comes when Murauchi must leave.
Keiko Arisawa
A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.
Doctor
Bob Harris y Charlotte son dos norteamericanos que se encuentran en Tokio. Bob es una estrella de cine de mediana edad que ha venido a rodar un anuncio. Charlotte es una mujer joven que acompaña a todas partes a su marido, un fanático del trabajo. Incapaces de dormir, los caminos de Bob y Charlotte se cruzan por casualidad y no tardará en nacer entre ellos una sorprendente amistad. Se aventuran juntos en la vida nocturna de Tokio, comparten inolvidables experiencias con los habitantes de la ciudad y terminan descubriendo una nueva manera de ver la vida.
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.
Akira, un profesor de Tokio, acaba de llegar a una pequeña ciudad rural para comenzar su nuevo trabajo. Poco después de su llegada, se enamora de Miki, hija de una familia que se dedica a la fabricación de papel. En el pueblo oye comentarios acerca de una leyenda antigua que habla de la maldición del Inugami, que lleva la familia de Miki. Él no se lo toma en serio, considerándolo como simples rumores. Poco después, comienzan a ocurrir asesinatos en el pueblo...
Doctor
A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He's teased because he stutters almost runs away, until a beautiful, androgynous boy, Yasuo (Sora Toma), convinces him to join the choir.
Un grupo terrorista, llamado La Luna Roja, toma por asalto la presa computerizada más grande del Japón, donde se controlan otras nueve presas menores. Los terroristas hacen prisioneros a todos los trabajadores y piden 5 billones de yenes, a las autoridades, por no desencadenar un torrente letal para los pueblos del valle.La policía federal toma el control de las negociaciones en contra de la policía local, preocupada por el peligro que corren los habitantes cercanos a los embalses. En la presa, sólo Togashi no ha sido capturada.
Yûichi Kobayashi
A female teacher, Kumi Yamamoto, was raped by a man, Yuichi Kobayashi ,who failed to commit suicide after the crime. Kumi knows that Yuichi is driving a taxi in the city. She is about to collect the moral debt.
