This is Suiheisen
A man who gave up on living in despair with society and himself. Mai, a high school girl, is involved in a confinement incident caused by the man. Mai's classmate, Ujiie, who caused a violent incident and lost her whereabouts. Set in a small port town a little far from the city center, a confinement incident triggers the gears of the three characters, depicting the moment when people with difficulties in life take a step forward.
{Welcome Kiss}
Various couples and their stories of how they came to kiss each other.
Nana Takagi
Yoshihara Akihito had no particular goal and just managed to manage his daily life. One day, he happened to meet Ishikawa Eriko, who had a secret feeling in high school. Akihito decides to make a plan when he sees Eriko, who rejects all the past, "memories that he wants to change" and "memories that he wants to erase" that are revived by the reunion. To settle the abominable past for the two in high school. A straight and slightly bitter youth group story that depicts characters with a dark past facing each other desperately while being clumsy in order to repaint the memories of memories that turned away from their eyes as adults.
Yuko Kunieda
셀럽 엄마 ‘토모요’를 둔 열일곱 소녀 ‘유코.’ 잘나가는 엄마 그늘에서 벗어나 여름방학 동안 나만의 꿈을 찾겠다는 목표로 혼자 용감하게 도쿄로 상경을 감행한다! ‘토모요’의 친구 ‘하루코’의 집, ‘아오바 하우스’에서 방학 동안 머물게 된 ‘유코’. 자유롭고 편안한 집안 분위기에 녹아 들며 싱그러운 청춘의 여름방학을 보내나 싶었지만... 현실은 그리 녹록치 않다. 꿈도, 사랑도, 우정도 뭐 하나 쉬운 게 없는 고2의 인생. 좌절하는 ‘유코’를 보며 ‘하루코’는 20년 전 ‘토모요’와 자신 사이에 있었던 일을 털어 놓는데... 마냥 완벽하게 보이는 엄마에게도 감춰왔던 과거가 있다?
A former high school teacher Sugiura lost everything when he was caught, peeping photos of his favorite student and living a degenerate life. One day, a girl named Rumi, wearing high school uniform, appears in front of Sugiura. They are immediately drowns in lust and Rumi crashes into Sugiura's apartment. Gradually, Sugiura becomes obsessed with Rumi and tie her down. When Sugiura's dark desire to leave her in a beautiful, young appearance forever, and Rumi's deep feeling towards Sugiura crosses, they head towards a beautiful but sad ending.
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.
One summer day, Leo and his three friends go camping and suddenly find themselves in big trouble! What was supposed to be a fun summer adventure takes a turn for the worse. What's standing in their way?
Herself
도쿄에 삶의 기반을 두고 있는 니시하라 다카시 감독은 일관된 페미니즘의 관점을 유지하면서 현대를 살아가는 젊은이들과 인터뷰를 하고 그들의 삶의 편린들을 포착하여 다큐멘터리와 극영화를 결합한 방식으로 전체 영화를 구성했다. 그의 대상들은 나쁜 상황에 놓여있는 학생, 누드모델, 음악가 등이다. 그들의 삶의 조각은 이시하라 감독의 개인적 논제, 즉 오늘날 우리가 살고 있는 사회를 변화시켜야 한다는 주장과 잘 결합해 영화 내러티브의 근간을 이룬다.
Mioto
One day, Chizuru (Nana Asakawa) and Mioto (Aino Kuribayashi) enters problem-solving office Kurogarasu. The two girls look naive, but Chizuru is a leader of a enjo kosai group. Their group makes money by having young girls date older men for money. Thugs are threatening Chizuru for money. Chizuru pays 2.5 million yen to the problem-solving office Kurogarasu for their help. Kuroto (Tsubasa Sakiyama), Yuya (Keisuke Ueda) and Hina (Moga Mogami) take the case and begin to investigate the thugs, but they find something unexpected.
Yu Imo
When Yuki’s classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.