The End of the Pale Hour
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.
Yan
A young man is sent from Japan to Taiwan in order to get his disenfranchised brother to sign away his inheritance rights.
Any Crybabies Around?
A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can’t just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.
Aristocrats
Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20’s, she goes on blind dates to find…
Day and Night
A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.
The Island of Cats
Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the small…
Three Stories of Love
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Homeland
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the…
Sketches of Kaitan City
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to…
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left…