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.
Minoru falls ill with a heart ailment, but luckily finds a donor and undergoes a transplant. However, after he has married his co-worker and had a child, he discovers that the blood infusion received during his transplant was contaminated with HIV.
Shinichi
Anthology of three stories about the bond between fathers and sons
Ryo
Kinya
In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.
2010 original video
Isaac
A man named Isaac (Isaku) struggles with guilt following a physical altercation that left another man in a vegetative state. A vision of Jesus appears before him, telling him to return home and seek forgiveness from the family of the unconscious man. He meets the sister of the man, who now struggles to take care of both the boy and her mother by selling her body. The realizations of cascading effects of his sin only intensify his feelings of guilt, and complicate his path toward atonement.
Tudo começa nos tempos de escola, quando um valentão vive intimidando seu colega de classe até o dia que, em uma dessas ações, ele acaba derramando acidentalmente ácido vitriólico na cara do colega, fugindo com seus amigos logo depois do acidente. Dez anos se passam e o desfigurado vive atormentado com a lembrança do acidente, criando uma personalidade paralela para suportar o que passou. Quando ele se muda para o apartamento 13 do mesmo edifício onde o antigo valentão está morando, ele vê a chance de se vingar do que aconteceu nos tempos em que ambos eram apenas estudantes.
