Writers' Production
In the early days of the Showa era in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture a newborn baby is abandoned with a doll under the eaves of a merchant house along the pilgrimage route in Shikoku. It seems to be a pilgrim struggling to make a living. This baby girl is named Haruko and brought by Tomita Shizuko and Katsuji as the younger sister of their son Ryosuke who is three years apart. When the war begins, 16-year old Ryosuke qualifies for the naval academy and crosses the Seto Inland Sea. After some consideration, Shizuko tells Haruko the truth that they are not real siblings for the first time. Haruko who has had a secret crush on her brother ever since he said that he would protect her, is innocently overjoyed and heads to Hiroshima to convey this to him. The next day, an atomic bomb explodes in the sky…
Writer
On her way to Chikura to live with her son, Yasue Amami gets off at the Tateyama train station. She wants to see her old house. The a new owner, Mitsuko Kawahara, intends to demolish the place and replace it with a modern new house. With Mitsuko's permission, Yasue enters her old home. Her family had rented it during World War II to escape air raids over the city, and they stayed on for a few years after the war. As Yasue visits the grounds, memories come flooding back.
Screenplay
Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".
Screenplay
ホームレスの集落を訪れた失業中の中年男・陽介は、そこで人生の師と仰ぐ老人・タロウの死に直面する。生前、タロウから「盗んだ金の仏像を、能登半島の日本海に面した赤い橋のたもとの家に隠した」と聞いていた陽介は、富山湾沿いの赤い橋のある土地を訪れた。そこで陽介は、たもとの家に住むサエコと出会うが、彼女の体には不思議な現象が起きていた。体内に水がたまると悪いことがしたくなり、快感と共に水を放出するというのだ。
Writer
かつて、妻の浮気に逆上し妻を殺してしまった男・山下拓郎。以来、極度の人間不信に陥った山下は仮出所後、理髪店を営みながらも人々との交流を避け、本音を明かす唯一のパートナーとして“うなぎ”を選ぶ。ある日、山下は河原で自殺未遂の女性・桂子を助ける。桂子は恩返しにと理髪店の手伝いを申し出て、山下は渋々雇うことにするが…。
