Shuna Iijima

小野花梨主演、児童相談所で働く児童福祉司の実話を基にした小澤雅人監督短編作品

カフェで働く、耳の聞こえないろう者の女は、客である吃音の絵描きの男に恋をしていた。 ひとに触れると、そのひとの中に「入って」しまうの、と語る彼女は、友人たちから変わった夢想家と揶揄われている。しかしある夜、絵描きの男が店に忘れたスケッチブックを拾った彼女は、男の部屋へと侵入していき、眠る彼の寝顔を見つめると… ひとに触れることが禁じられた現代に送る、触れることも話すこともままならない男女が秘めた、やさしく激しい恋愛短編映画。

10年前、イジメに遭い、島の崖から飛び降りた女子高生・ミユキ（清水くるみ）は、「ただ愛されたい」という想いを抱き、17歳のままずっとこの瀬戸内海の浜にいる。 当時、ミユキが想いを寄せていたタクマ（桐山漣）は、同じく島出身のマツ（前野朋哉）に連れられ、それぞれの彼女・カオリ（三津谷葉子）とトモヨ（杉野希妃）と一緒に、卒業後初めて島に戻ることに。その島では去年、かつて近所に住んでいた同級生のリカが溺れて死んでいた。「あの浜に行くな」と言う忠告を聞かず、浜でキャンプをする4人。夜、浜でミユキを見て、テントに駆け込むタクマ。海で泳いでいたカオリは、誰に足を引っ張られ、危うく溺れそうに。果たして4人は、無事に帰京できるのか…

Natsuko lives with her husband in the countryside. A few times a year, he goes away to see his daughter from his ex-wife, leaving Natsuko to face her own emotional struggles.

Natsuko lives with her husband in the countryside. A few times a year, he goes away to see his daughter from his ex-wife, leaving Natsuko to face her own emotional struggles.

One day in Spring, a college student Sayaka visits Shonan with Yui. Sayaka is secretly attracted to Yui, but Yui's best friend Momoko was waiting for them. The three girls started to stay at a holiday villa by the beach. Sayaka's anger and disdain towards Yui intensify as she finds it hard to keep up the pace with Yui and Momoko and there was an uncomfortable feeling among them. At the same time, there was Akihiro who was invited to the same villa to play at a party. While the girls enjoy chatting about Akihiro, he became interested in Sayaka and tries to attract her. Meanwhile, a Korean international student Min Jun cajoles Yona, who came to visit colleges for her study abroad, to come to the villa with him.

Seven-year-old Rio visits her grandparents in Japan for the first time. She observes the beauty and unfamiliarity of the household, sensing a distance between her American family and the Japanese relatives. When her mother, Seiko, reveals an open secret during tea, the children are excused from the room and something happens behind closed doors.

Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.

A 30 Year old woman, a hostess past her time working at a shady club and an aspiring actress living in Tokyo. Betrayed by her lover and her dreams crushed, the broken woman leaves Tokyo for her hometown in the countryside after five years of no contact with her family. There she reconnects with an old flame but is also forced to confront some unpleasant truths about her past.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family is reluctantly reunited under one roof. Tensions clash between an alcoholic father and his troubled children.

Four high schoolers across the world reveal their primal selves when faced with moral dilemmas.

When an archaeologist discovers Sir Francis Drake's lost treasure in the Sahara Desert, it is promptly stolen and she sets off on a global quest to steal it back.

Ken was making his life by smuggling methamphetamine with long time buddy, Kazu. Ken has decided to start a new life when he learned that his girlfriend, Saki, became pregnant. At the same time, Ken finds out that Kazu started selling on the side without getting approval from his boss, Mr. Todo. Ken tries to stop Kazu; however, instead, Kazu approaches a new partner. Knowing that this new deal puts their lives in great danger once Mr. Todo finds out... Suspicious of their dangerous involvement, Saki decides to leaves Ken. Mr. Todo finds out and decided to take action... Todo's guys start chasing Ken and Kazu.

An astronaut crashes in the middle of nowhere. A young woman searches for her family in an abandoned urban wasteland. A prisoner prepares for a space program that will make him the first human being on Mars.

Whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding. The film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts. Shot in the old beach hotel where the great Ozu wrote his screenplays. © iffr.com