Director
Akira
It is the middle of summer in Onomichi in the 1970s, and 22-year-old Akira returns home with Yoshioka, his senior at university. Akira offers his parents' house to Yoshioka, whom he likes, and suggests that they spend their summer vacation together. To keep the senior occupied, Akira comes up with the idea of inviting a girl to go out and play. He asks his childhood friend Fumie to find some girls who are bored, and Miko, who has a bit of an unusual personality, joins him, and the four of them start hanging out. Eventually, Yoshioka's eyes on Meeko grow hotter and hotter, which annoys Akira.
Director
It is the middle of summer in Onomichi in the 1970s, and 22-year-old Akira returns home with Yoshioka, his senior at university. Akira offers his parents' house to Yoshioka, whom he likes, and suggests that they spend their summer vacation together. To keep the senior occupied, Akira comes up with the idea of inviting a girl to go out and play. He asks his childhood friend Fumie to find some girls who are bored, and Miko, who has a bit of an unusual personality, joins him, and the four of them start hanging out. Eventually, Yoshioka's eyes on Meeko grow hotter and hotter, which annoys Akira.
Taizo Kamata
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")
젊은 여성 감독과 배우들이 모여 여성들의 이야기를 담은 옴니버스 영화. 일과 사랑에 대한 고민, 소수자에 대한 억압과 차별, 일상적인 고뇌와 행복들…. 21세기의 여성들이 어떻게 살아가고, 생각하는지를 스스로의 눈으로 바라보고 질문을 던진다.
Kyupi
A university orders that old, decrepit Konoe Dormitory be rebuilt, to the opposition of the students who still occupy and maintain it. Movie version with additional scenes of the 2018 NHK's drama show.
Yuya Nakajima
만화가가 꿈이었던 료타. 꿈을 이어가던 중 현실과 마주하게 되고 우연히 동물원에서 아르바이트를 시작한다. 많은 일을 배우며 동물들과 교감하고, 동물원에서 운좋게 만화도 그리면서 좋은 기회를 얻는다. 하지만 료타가 맡았던 기니피그가 죽게 되고, 료타는 허탈함과 정말감에 빠진다. 료타와 동물원 사람들은 동물원을 지키기 위해 많은 노력을 하는데...
Yu Yamauchi
Periods are depicted as pink, heart-shaped sentient beings that harass women on a monthly basis, delivering awful gut punches, but also offering a shoulder to cry on.
Tatsuo Suzuki
헌신적이고 상냥한 간병인인 이치코는 오랫동안 오이쇼가의 할머니를 돌보면서 큰 딸 모토코와 친 가족 같은 관계로 지낸다. 우연히 모토코의 여동생 사키가 실종되는 사건이 발생하고, 사건의 실체가 드러나면서 이치코는 곤란한 지경에 처하게 된다.
밴드 활동을 하는 유타의 자유분방한 친구들은 보수적 교풍의 학교에 다니고 있다. 학교의 엄격한 분위기와 교칙에 불만을 가진 친구들은 특별한 이벤트를 계획한다.
A young man who's failed the Tokyo University of the Arts exam five times is jealous of a talented high school artist who eventually helps him unlock his hidden potential. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
