Hayashiya Shōzō IX

An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with her son, Tadao, for years. Because he has intellectual disability and autism, their neighbors often complain about his unpredictable behaviors. One day, Tamako is informed that a room is available in a group home owned by a company that runs the community workshop Tadao works at. Residents there all have intellectual disability but are living together to be independent from their families. Tamako decides to let Tadao move into the group home, but the sudden change of environment confuses him.

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.

Uma família japonesa perfeita. No dia de seu aniversário a matriarca pede um presente: o divórcio! Importante: RAKUGO-Comédia "Stand-Up" japonesa, onde um único comediante faz monólogos e interpreta vários personagens de uma história. Tem suas origens no séc. XVII. NATTÔ-Alimento com grãos de soja fermentados, com textura bastante viscosa e de forte cheiro. É um alimento consumido há séculos pelos japoneses e chineses, oferecendo excelentes propriedades no combate a doenças cardiovasculares.

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.

An aging couple decide to leave their quiet lives in the country to pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter Shigeko - who runs a beauty parlour - has time for them: both are too busy attending to their everyday concerns. Even the youngest son went his own way. The old couple feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis.

conto de fadas segue um jovem chamado Guskou nas florestas Tohoku do nordeste do Japão na década de 1920. Depois de um ataque de secas e desastres naturais, Guskou é forçado a deixar sua casa e procurar uma vida melhor em outro lugar. Guskou se junta a um grupo de cientistas do Departamento Ihatov Volcano , que lida com os mesmos desastres naturais que levaram Guskou de sua casa.

The story is about a 5-year-old girl who lived in just after World War II when people were struggle for living.

A middle-aged salaryman tries to revitalize his career.

Mike é um soldado pingüim que volta para casa depois de ser ferido durante o combate. Afastado de sua família e amigos, ele deixa sua cidade natal e começa a vagar à deriva pelo país. (Fonte: ANN)