Yuzuhara
Режиссёра Юсукэ приглашают поставить «Дядю Ваню» для театрального фестиваля в Хиросиме. По условиям договора он не может сам водить машину, поэтому ему предоставляют девушку-водителя — молчаливую Мисаки. Проводя вместе по несколько часов в день, Юсукэ начинает переосмыслять свои отношения с женой, с которой они жили, казалось, в счастливом браке до её внезапной смерти два года назад. А Мисаки пытается разобраться с собственным непростым прошлым.
Tomako Hiraoka
A writer from Kamakura named Hiraoka Eisei is researching supernatural stories but finds himself revisiting memories from a previous visit to his wife’s home town. Ogura Kako,a shy local woman, is asked to help an actor from Tokyo practice speaking with Kyoto intonation and, after the lesson, he asks her to show him around Arashiyama.
The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married older writer Shitto and the new stud who comes into her life, Ryota Kinoshita. Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with writer Shingo, who is married and has children. Shingo is a talented writer, but has yet to be recognized by the public. Tomoko then enters into a sexual relationship with younger man Ryota Kinoshita, but Tomoko is not satisfied.
Hiroyuki's mother
Haruna is a lively tomboy in the 5th year at elementary school. One day, while playing with Hiroyuki, a boy whom she has known for a long time, they play a game of putting their private parts together. A sex education lesson given by a new teacher, Yagi, makes Haruna suspect that she might be pregnant.
Etsuko
14-year-old Takuya lives in a rural town near mountains and rivers. His 29-year-old uncle Koji works as a graphic designer in urban Tokyo. Koji's father dies and Takuya is arrested for attempted robbery-the two young men must now face a crucial crossing in their lives. The concluding chapter to director Higashi Yoichi's "boy and river" trilogy, the film highlights contemporary themes like family, adolescence, and the healing properties of nature. The wild but beautiful Kuma River stars as a threatening symbol for the boy's rite of passage. Supernatural beings reign in the mountains above the village.
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
Tomomi Ito
Торговая улочка в рабочем квартале Токио. Коити Хаманака, бросивший семью и исчезнувший неизвестно куда несколько лет назад, неожиданно возвращается домой. Так же неожиданно его жена Хисако принимает блудного мужа как ни в чем не бывало обратно. Это событие надолго становится темой для пересудов местных жителей. Заинтересовался им и Асакура - молодой начинающий писатель, тайно влюбленный в Хисако. Не испытывая особой симпатии к Коити, он потихоньку начинает раскапывать его прошлое и узнает все больше и больше, волнующих фактов.
The story of a ménage à trois between the editor of a magazine, his girlfriend, and his young sister.
