Hideki Mori
A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After the killers have moved on, a student, Hayashi Yuka, comes to the rescue. But even as they try to save Mai together, the killers return. Hayashi is driven to an act of desperation that leaves him with deep wounds.
Seimei Yo (young)
1930年代の満州で、天皇の料理番が考案した、幻のフルコース。 歴史に消えたレシピの謎を追うのは、どんな味でも再現できる、絶対味覚＝麒麟の舌を持つ料理人。 最後の一皿に隠された、壮大な愛とは？
Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. A boy offers her the gift of an apple, which she in turn gives to a homeless man, who proffers a soft piece of chiffon fabric in return. Moving like a tree that sways in the wind, the girl embodies a spirit that secretly runs through places and living things. The eleventh film commissioned by Miu Miu Women's Tales was directed by the multiple Cannes award-winning Japanese director Naomi Kawase.
Riko, who will begin university in Tokyo in spring, journeys there from Hiroshima in February with her father to find a place for her to live. On their travels, they meet various colorful characters. The father remembers his late wife, and raising his daughter alone. Their fun time together is tinged with the knowledge that it is about to end. Rakugo performer Kyotaro Yanagiya appears in his first leading film role, and rising star Anna Ishii plays the sensitive Riko. The eccentric supporting cast includes Romi Park, Akihiro Kakuta, Keiko Yanagawa, Kei Ishibashi, LaSalle Ishii, and Momiji Yamamura.
Wakato
刑務所から出所したのち、どら焼き屋「どら春」の雇われ店長となった千太郎の店に、徳江という女性がやって来る。その店で働くことを強く希望した徳江を千太郎は採用。徳江が作る粒あんが評判となり、店は大繁盛。そんな中徳江は、つぶれたどら焼きをもらいに来ていた女子中学生のワカナと親しくなる。ところがある日、かつて徳江がハンセン病を患っていたことが近所に知れ渡る。
ベテラン詐欺師のタケと少しマヌケな相棒のテツは、ひょんなことから、やひろ・まひろの美人姉妹とやひろの恋人の貫太郎と5人で共同生活を送ることになる。 5人ともそれぞれに不幸な生い立ちを抱えていたこともあり、次第に奇妙な連帯感で結ばれていくが、そんな中、タケが過去に起こしたある事件が5人を一世一代の大勝負へと巻き込んで行く。
27歳で独身サラリーマンのダイキチは祖父の葬儀で、祖父の隠し子りんと出会う。わずか6歳の少女が親戚中から邪魔なお荷物扱いされるのに怒りを覚え、両親や妹の反対を押し切ってりんをひとり暮らしの借家へ連れ帰る。保育園探しに始まり、残業のない部署への異動や、おねしょ対策まで常に全力投球のダイキチに、りんも心を開いてゆく。ある日、りんと仲良しのコウキの母親が憧れの女性だったこと知りダイキチは驚く。
Ryota
What happens when an innocent 18-year-old girl has to work in the adult video industry? Find out the hilarious results in Rinko Eighteen, based on the comic by Matsumoto Taka. In her first starring role, gravure model Tashiro Sayaka stars as Rinko, an aspiring doctor who returns home to find out that her father is bankrupt and has divorced her mother. With nowhere to go, Rinko signs up for the first job she finds, which turns out to be a production assistant at an adult video production company. Naturally, nothing can possibly prepare her for the work waiting for her at her new job…
