The Village
In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
School Meals Time Graduation
Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made…
Beijing Watermelon
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters…
Three Stories of Love
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Come On Irene
Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly…
MOTHER
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of…
Swing Girls
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Key of Life
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public…
Moonlit Winter
The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.
My Blood & Bones in A Flowing Galaxy
Kiyozumi Hamada is a 3rd grader in high school. He possesses a strong sense of justice. One day, he sees first grade student Hari Kuramoto being bullied. He helps her….