Yugo Saso

Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?

Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.

Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.

A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru's bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed God, leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved.

Фильм про экстремистскую японскую ультралевую террористическую организацию RAF (Фракция Красной Армии).

Во время Второй мировой войны шотландский Аргайлский полк почти в полном составе, включая подполковника Маклина, майора Кэмпбелла, капитана Гордона и прикомандированного лейтенанта американской армии Риардона, оказался в японском плену и был отправлен в концлагерь, расположенный посреди непроходимых джунглей. Японцы, считающие военнопленных недостойными жизни трусами, требуют беспрекословного подчинения. Те, кто откажется строить стратегическую железную дорогу через джунгли, будут казнены, как подполковник Маклин. Принявший командование майор Кэмпбелл, несмотря на то, что его солдаты измучены голодом, болезнями и непосильным трудом, считает единственным достойным выходом восстание и побег…