「폐점합니다」라고 붙여진 벽보, 하룻밤 사이에 부서지는 건물, 골목길에서 사라져가는 아이들의 목소리− 지금 일본은 발전과 재개발이라는 명목 아래 크게 변화하려 하고 있다. "사라져가는 무언가"를 감사한 마음을 담아 소중하게 떠나보내는 것으로 앞으로 나아가려 하는 본작의 주인공은, 현대에 사는 우리들에게 소중한 무언가가 끝나갈 때쯤 어떻게 그들과 마주하는지를 진솔한 시선으로 전해준다. 본작의 감독은 데뷔작부터 지금까지 해외 영화제에서 다수의 상을 수상해 프랑스의 일류 영화잡지 카예 뒤 시네마(Cahiers du cinéma)에서 그 날카로운 감성을 절찬받아 전작 「섬머 블룸스」가 모스크바 국제영화제에서 2개의 상을 수상한 나카가와 류타로가 맡는다.
This film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The people on this train all have some difficulties in their lives, and they end up on this train. Hanoko is suicidal, Yuka has caught her boyfriend with another woman, Michiru is aimless, Mr. Wakabayashi has just been fired, and one other man just lost his wife. They take the train to Kazumachi, a small village. They decide to stay and enter a small world of discovery about themselves, courtesy of the inhabitants of the village, all of whom are engaging.
This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For two years the 8 people live in darkness and whispers, in fear of being discovered and sent to the German crematories. During that time young Anne writes a diary, describing her daily life in the cellar, her complicated relationship with her mother and the story of her first love - Peter, the young boy in the hiding place. Anne writes down her wishes to run out free and breath the air and flowers, her dreams to be free at last. But humanity is often a cruel mistress...
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
