Middle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his small seaside town. Offering him room in his home, Tetsuro and the man who calls himself Shinichi develop a father-son dynamic, despite the secrets that linger between them.
Yoshio Ogawa
After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of female sumo wrestlers arrive in Tokyo.
11月初めの秋、付き合って５年が経つ沙良と遼は熱海旅行に来ている。有給休暇を使った3泊4日のささやかな旅行だ。遼は沙良と結婚する準備をしているが、沙良は遼と結婚をしたくない。なぜ結婚をしたくないのか自分でも分からない沙良は、旅先でも遼を避けて行動している。二日目の午後、沙良は一人で室内プールに行った。そこで背中に大きな傷を負った山崎という男に声をかけられる。
A young woman, Ako, wanders around a sparsely populated housing estate in a rural city, Mito, where she spends her time speaking to objects and plants.
What is life like at a Japanese university? Four "friends" drift in and out of their friendships and face boredom, uncertainty and disengagement. And something more dangerous.
Jobless young Tetsuo and his girlfriend Yuriko are inexplicably immobilized after laying eyes on an orb-like object that appears out of nowhere, setting into motion an enigmatic chain of events and an obsessive investigation by journalist Deguchi in this deadpan mystery that just might be a comment on the social malaise and inertia of 21st-century Japan.
Akira Okuda worked as an assistant at the Visual Concept Planning Department of Kanagawa University of Arts, accomplishing his work aimlessly without passion. Sorrounded by students who continually caused problems and professors who cared only about their position in the university. One day, three students attempted to steal film equipment from the vault. Fearing the news would reach the university office, the professors ordered Akira to cover up the attempted theft. But, little did he know more was about to happen...
