Screenplay
Sanae (An Ogawa) is a high school girl preparing to take university entrance exams. She isn't very good at socializing. She wants to hurry up and become an adult, but it isn't going very well. Over summer vacation, Sanae's sister comes home from college in Tokyo, and her parents decide to hire a housekeeper. Yusuke (Hoshi Ishida), is rough around the edges and a little scary. The people close to him find him a mystery. As Sanae gets to know him, she begins to feel they have something in common. A journey through sweet love and bitter memories.
Screenplay
The movie tells the story of a daughter trying to find her father who went missing shortly after explaining that he happened to see a wanted serial killer marked with a 3 million yen bounty.
Writer
A young man falls in love with a woman he meets at a party, but when she leaves him, he must face some uncomfortable truths.
Screenplay
A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.
Screenplay
Hikari is a compassionate female high schooler who protects the bullied. Yo is engaged to the woman with whom he's been involved for three years. Kenta and his older sister, Mana, spend time volunteering in disaster stricken regions. They all believe their happy, daily existence will continue until one day when each of their lives completely changes.
Teleplay
Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana"
Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi"
Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito"
Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.