Maki Ishikawa

담임선생님 ‘유이’는 새 학기가 되었음에도 출석하지 않는 학생 ‘토시오’를 만나보고자 가정방문을 하게 된다. 하지만 그 집은 19년 전 일가족 몰살 사건이 발생한 후 괴상한 소문으로 가득하여 동네 주민으로부터 외면받는 집이란 사실을 알고, ‘유이’도 두려움이 생긴다. 용기를 내어 ‘유이’는 ‘토시오’의 집을 방문하지만, 정작 ‘토시오’의 엄마 ‘가야코’를 만나게 되고 그녀로부터 섬뜩한 공포의 기운을 느끼고서는 서둘러 그 집을 나온다. 그리고 그날 이후부터 ‘유이’에게 설명할 수 없는 이상한 일들이 생기기 시작하는데… 아직도 혼자 있다고 생각하는가? 당신의 책상 밑에, 그리고 이불 속에…그 아이가 있다!

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle. All hopes, from the villagers and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the Lieutenant's wife. She must honor the Emperor and the country in setting an example for all by fulfilling her duty and taking care of the 'god soldier'. Kurokawa prior to leaving to fight in the war regularly beat and berated his wife for her barrenness and inability to bring him a son. When he returns home as an amputee with no hearing and no speech, his wife dutifully attends to him, even though he shows little appreciation for her dedicated care. His main concerns are getting fed and getting sex. Even in his own degraded condition, he manages to berate his wife. Eventually, though, his own memories infiltrate and he is haunted by his horrible, sadistic deeds, performed while in the duty of the Japanese military.

자신은 미군특수부대 소속 제트기 파일럿, 아버지는 하와이 왕의 후손이고 어머니는 영국 엘리자베스 여왕의 혈통. 말도 안 되는 경력과 빤히 보이는 엉터리 변장으로 결혼하게 되면 미군으로부터는 5천만엔에 달하는 축하금을 받는다고 속여 여자들에게서 1억 엔이나 가로챘던 실제 결혼사기꾼의 이야기

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.

Two more tales of innocent women struggling against the odds to escape impossible situations.

Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Tsuboi is a screenwriter and Kinoshita a director. They have come to this town because Funaki, an actor, has tempted them to come here, but he has yet to arrive. Tsuboi and Kinoshita start wandering around the town and happen to meet a young woman, Atsuko. The three of them go on a journey together and become friends. But one day, Atsuko disappears.

Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.

Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always run away and become bums. Furthermore, all five must succeed, if one of them cannot do it, then all of them fail. Takashi is really worried and wonders if he won’t be always the loser who couldn’t succeed in the back pullover bar exercise.

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory