Ichiro Tsujii

Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work together in a CD shop and catch every chance to show their talents. Under the efforts of Masato, his company at last becomes an entertainment giant in Japan.

Midori is a university student that finds part-time work at a hostess club, near the end of Japan's "Bubble Economy," in the late 80s. She agrees to become the mistress of one of the wealthy young patrons for two million yen a month, but then the bubble bursts...

The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.

Gen e sua família vivem em Hiroshima, perto do final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Enquanto o pai de Gen sofre com a ira e o desprezo dos militares e vizinhos por achar que é impossível uma vitória japonesa, sua família sofre com a escassez de alimentos. Mas nada disso terá qualquer importância diante da nova e terrível arma que o exército americano pretende lançar sobre o país.

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.