Iku Arai

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クローゼット
In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. Tasuku, a young man fresh out of a relationship, starts a new job as one of the cuddlers. He's nervous and reticent, but soon finds himself with a procession of clients, male as well as female. In his unique position as their companion, he finds himself privy to the true selves they keep closeted. Tender performance and contemplative writing elevate an exploration of the human need for comfort and tenderness, while learning to be true to oneself.
mellow
オシャレな花屋「mellow」を営む夏目誠一。独身、彼女無し。好きな花の仕事をしながら穏やかに暮らしている。ラーメン屋の若い女店主・木帆や夏目に憧れている中学生の宏美など彼の店には色んな客がいる。ある日、夏目は常連客の人妻、麻里子に恋心を打ち明けられる。しかも、その場には彼女の夫も同席していた・・・。花屋とラーメン屋を舞台に様々な恋愛模様に巻き込まれていく夏目だが、彼自身の想いは・・・
ハチワン結婚相談所
Hanae is a woman who wants to marry. She goes to the best matrimonial agency in her town. The agency counselor suggests the "peeping matchmaking", which allows her to peek into her partner's private life.
ミドリムシの夢
A pair of parking guards, Makoto and Shige, they are dispatched from a private company and are employed by the country as public servants. They crack down on illegal parking relentlessly, and because of their appearance, they are called “Euglena,” green tiny organism. Makoto, a straight arrow, strictly clamps down all the unlawful parking cars, but Shige, a loose cannon, pardons girls who park illegally. These two people receive a business request at a downtown area in the middle of the night because they’ll get more money than doing in the daytime. However, night-time working becomes totally different then usual.
リバースダイアリー
A novelist Rihito Shiraishi meets Saki Honda, a somewhat eccentric woman, and he is attracted to her. Triggered by Saki's suicidal attempt and reading her diary, Shiraishi recognizes that their encounter was not a coincidence. United by an airplane accident, they start to face their true selves eventually, influencing one another.
湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛
夫の一浩とともに銭湯を営んでいた双葉は、夫の失踪とともにそれを休み、パン屋店員のバイトで娘の安澄を支えていた。ある日職場で倒れた彼女が病院で検査を受けると、伝えられたのは末期ガンとの診断であった。2~3カ月の余命しか自分に残されてはいないと知り落ち込む双葉だったが、すぐに残されたやるべき仕事の多さを悟り立ち上がる。