Kikuko Akaza
The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father Shinobu's construction business. Younger sister Momoko is a truckdriver. Passions run high in the Akaza household and the two siblings are constantly bickering. One day, Momoko reveals she had a miscarriage but refuses to say who the father is.
Kenzo estava atrás das grades por matar um gangster. Após a sua libertação, ele vai viver com o filho, cujo casamento está em ruínas. Sua neta Tamako, de 14 anos, é condenada ao ostracismo ao descobrir que seu avô é um assassino. Kenzo logo ajuda a defender Tamako de valentões na escola. Quando Tamako se defende, ela passa a acreditar que herdou parte da grande força de seu avô. Eventualmente, um associado do homem que Kenzo matou vem em busca de vingança, junto com o filho do homem morto.
Liquor Store Housewife
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
Mrs. Kaneda
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
