Masashi Chikamori

The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.

Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura, who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya, who enjoys music, persuades the parents at the school to take their children out of Tokyo. They seek shelter at an abandoned temple in Saitama while Tokyo is bombed.

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.

Супружеская пара вместе уже 50 лет. Однажды муж спрашивает жену, что она хочет получить в подарок на свой день рождения. Неожиданно она отвечает, что хочет развода, и тут же всё большое семейство погружается в хаос.

9 августа 1948 года. Нобуко, акушерка из Нагасаки, ошеломлена внезапным визитом своего Кодзи, который, как она думала, умер три года назад в результате сброса на город атомной бомбы. В этот самый день, стоя у его могилы, ога сказала себе: «В тот момент его не стало. Пора мне его отпустить…» Вместе они вспоминают о старых добрых временах. Эти счастливые моменты, хоть и с причудливым оттенком, кажутся вечными.

После смерти не состоящей в браке и бездетной Таки Такэси, ее молодой родственник, обнаруживает несколько страниц тесно написанных строк, в которых старуха записала свои воспоминания. Так он узнает правду о ее юности и работе домработницей и няней в семье Хираи в маленьком домике в Токио с красной остроконечной крышей.

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up comedian. A visiting lecturer from Tokyo falls head-over-heels in love with Kyoko and asks her to go abroad with him to Beijing, where he has to spend the next few years for his research. But Kyoko cannot decide.

Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.

Japanese romantic comedy film.

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.