Kotone Furukawa
Рождение : 1996-10-25, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
A young woman’s visit to her grandparents’ home leads to the discovery of what’s brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity and reality itself.
The story describes how youngsters struggle to cope with the gap between their ideals and reality.
Izumi Wataya
Toru Kamiya performs a false confession of love to stop his classmates' bullying. The story begins when Maori Hino, a girl in his class (whom Toru has made the false confession to) gives him three strange conditions for going out with him: "Not to talk to her until after school", "To keep communication brief", and "Not to fall in love with each other". Gradually, the promise of "Not to fall in love" falls apart, and Toru finally cannot hold back his feelings and confesses his love to Maori. However, Maori confesses to him that she has anterograde amnesia, which causes her to lose her memory in a day. Her memories and experiences are reset every day, and she writes down the day's events in a diary and wakes up early in the morning to review them in order to keep her memory alive. Toru is devoted to bringing her as many happy days as possible.
Yu Komeda
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.
Satomi
Saki, a lawyer, gets into a waiting cab to go to the airport. But the driver of the cab was her sister Satomi, who had been waiting for her, and against her sister's wishes, drove her to the hospital where her mother was in critical condition.
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
Ami
Ami is an art student who lives with her ex-army grandpa. Contrary to Ami who’s trying to be mature, her grandpa goes into his second childhood because of progressive dementia. Eventually, their feelings meet in the middle.
Meiko
Три истории, объединенные темой неслучайных совпадений. В первой Миэко понимает, что преследующий ее подругу парень — ее бывший возлюбленный, с которым она порвала полтора года назад. Вторая история о студентке, которая пытается отомстить профессору, получившему премию Акутагавы и одновременно не давшему ей диплом. Третья история повествует о женщине-системном администраторе, которая лишилась работы после заражения техники вирусами.
Ishi
The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear heavy clothes even in summer in order to prevent her from catching a cold. Their child before Saeko died due to an epidemic, and he believes thorough enforcement is a natural consequence. In 1918, the Spanish flu reaches Japan. As the number of infected people grows, Shiga starts to suspect their servant Ishi might have gone to watch a travelling entertainment troupe’s performance which drew a great number of villagers. It is something Ishi is likely to do. But when Shiga questions her, she says that she did not go. However, she makes him have misgivings on a regular basis and he decides to take this opportunity to make her quit. An uproar ensues. Shiga feels that he has become a tyrant and refrains from kicking her out but he loses all reason and faith in humanity amid the pandemic…
Ayano Nakagawa
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
В разгар священного праздника Намахагэ мужчины, одетые в костюмы демонов, посещают дома с целью напугать детей и отругать их за плохое поведение. Сильно напившись, молодой отец Тасуку выбегает на улицу совершенно голым, свидетелем чего становятся все жители деревни. Опозорив не только деревню, но и местные традиции, Тасуку решает уехать в Токио. Через два года он возвращается в родной город, дабы помириться с бывшей женой и их маленькой дочерью, только вот это оказывается совсем непросто.
Setsuko Noguchi
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
(segment "Anytime, anywhere")
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
A love story woven by a loveless mistrust girl, Kaede Tamaki who works for a small video production company, and a mysterious young man Seishiro who is attracted by her . Satomi Oshima and Kentaro Hagiwara, who also teamed up for the currently released movie "30 Minutes to Sayonara", were responsible for the script and directing, respectively.
Fuyuko Tanabe
Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and hangs out at his favorite bar. Then, he gets an unusual request to appear in an independent film.
Mitsue
Экранизация одноименного романа То Убуката. 12 парней и девушек собрались в заброшенной больнице, чтобы умереть вместе. Однако их план рушится, когда в одном из помещений они находят труп. Неужели среди них затаился убийца? Начинается поиск преступника, во время которого постепенно становится ясно, почему каждый из подростков желает смерти…
Sayaka
Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.
Consensual polyamorous relations between Hiroki, Natsuki, and Kanako are injected with palpable tension following their cohabitation, resulting in an unexpected turn of events.
Yumi
34-летний Ясуаки Сикано страдает мышечной дистрофией, из-за чего прикован к инвалидной коляске. Несмотря на это, парень ведёт себя эксцентрично: убегает из больницы или требует принести ему банан посреди ночи. Но его беззаботная жизнь заканчивается, когда новенькая девушка-волонтёр Мисаки высказывает эгоистичному Сикано всё, что о нём думает. С тех пор Сикано начинает испытывать к ней романтические чувства, но, к сожалению, у Мисаки есть молодой человек.
The original screenplay was written for the compilations’ release, taking inspiration from KIRINJI’s songs, as well as from the Melancholy Mellow theme which is also the releases title.
Onodera Toshiko / Ashita Matsuko
In 1936, Onodera Toshiko, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate, auditioned for the Moulin Rouge theater in Shinjuku to become a star. On the spot, she catches the attention of the manager and producer Sasaki Senri and the theater's leading actress Takanawa Yoshiko, and then she begins working as a theater's member. Based on the true story of Ashita Matsuko (明日待子), a popular Japanese idol in war period.