Shin'ichi Ichikawa

Когда-то, давным-давно, в конце эпохи Муромати, существовал могущественный клан Хатакэяма, вторым сыном главы которого был Наомицу. И была у него возлюбленная, принцесса Ако, с которой они дружили с самого раннего детства. Но счастье длилось недолго — отец принцессы умер и Нобуцуна, старший брат Наомицу, решил силой овладеть Ако. Наомицу бросил всё и бежал с возлюбленной в горы, но и там немилосердная Судьба приготовила для него суровое испытание… Вскоре появился человек, известный под именем Тадзёмару…

A successful illustrator, Hinohara Takehiro, lives a happy life with his wife Toshiko, who has supported him all these years since the early struggling days, and their two sons. Feeling unwell, Toshiko has a check up one day and is told, out of the blue, that her days are numbered. When Toshiko is allowed out of the hospital temporarily, Takehiro and Toshiko travel to Hamakaze station. The town has changed a great deal in 18 years, however, the apartment where they started their married life is still there. People and scenery they used to cherish and the invaluable memories come vividly through. Starting at the place where their life as a couple began, the two prepare for "the day" while cherishing their remaining time. During the Bon festival, when the spirits of the deceased are believed to return to the living, Takehiro takes his sons to the firework display at Hamakaze and see the smiling face of Toshiko.

The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The five friends are Eisuke - the manga artist, Shoichi - the singer, Ryuzo - the novelist, Kei - the painter and Yuji – the 5th wheel (?). The friends spend the summer in pursuit of their own ideals of personal freedom - being able to do what they want. In the process of pursuing their dream they learn firsthand that however ideal it may seem, its not as easy as they think.

Аихати — гейша, живущая в Маруяма, одном из районов Нагасаки. После сорока лет тяжелой работы она стала лучшей гейшей в этой местности. Женщина постарела, но так и не нашла свою любовь, пока не встретила Когу Дзюдзиро, учёного страстно изучающего старый Нагасаки. Он слушает пение Аихати и однажды предлагает ей совершить путешествие по стране, чтобы собрать старые песни. Эта поездка и музыка полностью изменит их жизни.

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Takayuki Iwabuchi (Koji Yakusho), a former yakuza member with a tattoo of Kisshoten on his back. Although he has a criminal record, he is currently working as a driver at a hearse transportation company. One day, a young man visits the company and asks Takayuki to transport the body of his fiancé, Sawa (Shinobu Terajima), who had unexpectedly passed away, to her hometown in a rural area of Takamatsu, Shikoku. Takayuki decides to go to Shikoku with the young man, However, the man disappears when leaving to take a call while they are stopped at a rest area near Setoo Bridge. Left alone, Takayuki arrives at Sawa's home village after much searching. He then tells Sawa's bereaved family about the situation at her parents' house. There, he learns of the tradition of posthumous marriage, or 'Yukon', from the village elder...

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' (sit-down comedy) show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.