Ayu Kitaura

The story centers on Kinuko who lives together with her granddaughter Nagisa in the house she once shared with her late husband and where she raised her children. On a spring morning, on the important 49th day after her husband’s passing, the goldfish he had been taking care of suddenly dies. Kinuko wraps its body in camellia flowers and buries it in the garden. She spends her day thinking of the past, cherishing her memories and trivial events. The financial burden of taking care of the house and the garden is becoming too heavy for her and she now faces the logical decision of selling the place…

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

Kazuto has a lifelong dream of becoming an actor, but has been suffering from a special medical condition where he faints and collapses when he gets nervous. One day, he encounters his brother, Hiroki, who who he hasn’t seen for years. He invites Kazuto to a talent agency called 'Special Actors'.

Masuda, un aspirante a periodista, está trabajando en una fábrica y sospecha que un compañero de trabajo es un asesino convicto. Piensa que un artículo debidamente escrito sobre él podría permitirle regresar al mundo del periodismo pero también podría reabrir las cicatrices de su propio pasado.

Haruo, a director, auditions for a film already partially shot in Taiwan. Thus he meets Ma, a young Taiwanese skater just as disoriented as he is.

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.

Five passengers stare at a middle-aged man weeping on a train - a young man with a broken heart, an office worker exhausted from work, a new station attendant, a salaryman who cannot cry, and a lost high school girl.

While researching a story on a school for problem children, Nakahara meets Emi, a college volunteer with a compelling tale of her own. After overcoming her initial reluctance to open up to the writer, Emi talks about her busted leg and her childhood friendship with the chronically ill Yuka.

Ume y Kame son dos hermanas ya viejas que han vivido toda la vida en la misma casa. Su día a día consiste en levantarse, desayunar y salir por el vecindario a buscar objetos peculiares en papeleras y contenedores, que acumulan y catalogan ordenadamente dentro de la casa. Un día se encuentran una cesta con ovillos de lana roja que las maravilla y se los llevan a casa sin darse cuenta de que con ellos también se llevan otra cosa muy especial. (

En Tokyo, la imprudente madre soltera Keiko se muda a un pequeño apartamento con su hijo de doce años Akira Fukushima y, ocultos en maletas, sus hermanos Kyoko, Shigeru y Yuki. Los niños tienen diferentes padres y no van al colegio, pero llevan una vida feliz con su madre. Cuando Keiko encuentra un nuevo novio deja a los niños solos, dándole algo de dinero a Akira para que se encarge de sus hermanos. Cuando el dinero se acaba, Akira se las apaña para encontrar formas de sobrevivir con los pequeños sin electricidad, gas o agua en casa, y con el dueño pidiendo el alquiler.