Kimiko Matsunaga
25歳という若さで乳がんと診断された安武千恵は苦しい治療を乗り越え結婚、そして奇跡的に授かった娘はなのためにも元気に生きたいと願うが、ほどなくしてがんが再発。生き続けたいと願う一方、もし自分が死んでも娘が困らないように「自分で生きる力を遺したい」と、4歳になった娘にみそ汁作りを教え始める。その5か月後、幼い娘と夫を残して千恵は亡くなる。
"The Soup, One Morning" depicts the gradual dissolution of a relationship caused by mental illness. Kitagawa and Shizu are lovers and roommates. Suffering from a panic disorder, Kitawgawa estranges himself from the world and entraps himself in the claustrophobic confines of the apartment. He leaves only to attend his new seminar. Initially heartened by his interest in this new venture, Shizu senses something fishy when he shows up with a strange amulet and begins to fill their place with unfamiliar furniture. When he commences rambling about the karmic life, she realizes that the man she cares for has become a complete stranger.
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
Eiko Takimura
Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.
Natsue(夏枝)
Nakata, an author, resides utilizing the painful memory regarding the death of his partner, whoever life had been cut short a few many years earlier. Ended up being it a crash or ended up being it suicide? Doubt persists. In order to escape his guilty Nakata, conscience gives up on marriage and fatherhood. Hence freed, he embarks on an obsessive intimate records and jeorney his activities in a book, "The Dark Room". A philisophical essay on sexuality, reproduction and the fate of mankind.
Fumie Tanabe
Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II
Kazuko Sasai
Remake of 1949 film
