Rina Endou

The second out of six movie sequels to the TV series.

Após a morte de seus pais, a jovem Okko vai viver com sua avó, dona de um tradicional hotel japonês no campo. A garota faz uma descoberta incrível sobre o hotel: existem espíritos bastante amigáveis que ali vivem e só ela os pode ver. Okko provavelmente tocará o hotel de sua avó no futuro, portanto se dedica a cuidar do hotel e trabalhar em diversas atividades ali. Não será fácil lidar com novos hóspedes que acabam de chegar ao hotel, apesar de que o lema do lugar é receber todos indistintamente e não rejeitar ninguém. É um desafio para Okko, mas também a chave de um importante aprendizado sobre a vida. Baseado na obra infantil de Hiroko Reijo, ilustrado por Asami.

Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. Since the bridegroom had some trouble at his overseas job, he was only able to return to Japan the day of the wedding, so Haruhiko has not met him even once. What kind of man did Furi choose to marry, and why did she hide such an important thing for so long...!? Haruhiko, worrying over all this, shuts himself in his room and decides not to go to the wedding... then, something completely unexpected happens to him. His late wife Ruriko appears before him. The truth is, she has appeared at Haruhiko's side many times before. What could be Ruriko's goal...

After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu (Osawa), an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles. One day, Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship, and offers his family. Several months later, Kiyokawa (Mitsuishi), the Japanese swimming team’s coach, and the swimmers Hashizume (Katsuji), Furubashi (Nakao) and others arrive in the United States. The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records. It is joyous news for Japan. Several years later, Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji (Nishida Toshiyuki), the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics...

Um empresário bem sucedido e obcecado com o trabalho duro e o mérito descobre que seu filho foi trocado na maternidade. Ele e a esposa precisam agora decidir se querem ou não trocar as crianças, mas questões como a inteligência e o potencial das crianças parecem influenciar sua dúvida.