Kimiko Matsunaga
미래를 약속한 커플 ‘치에’와 ‘싱고’. 어느 날 치에가 유방암에 걸렸다는 청천벽력 같은 소식을 듣지만, 둘은 역경을 함께 이겨내며 부부가 된다. 치료의 부작용으로 임신을 포기했던 두 사람에게 기적처럼 아이가 생기고, 치에는 목숨 걸고 딸 ‘하나'를 낳아 행복한 나날을 보낸다. 그러나 하나가 다섯 살이 되던 해, 치에는 암 재발과 함께 시한부 선고를 받게 되고, 치에는 자신이 없더라도 딸 하나가 살아가는데 가장 도움이 될 수 있는 요리를 가르치기 시작하는데…
"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
