Sakiko Bokumoto

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Mika, infirmière le jour et hôtesse la nuit, et Shinji, ouvrier intérimaire dans le bâtiment, se rencontrent plusieurs fois par hasard dans Tokyo. Tokyo exacerbe en eux deux les mêmes angoisses : la peur de la mort, de la solitude, de la pauvreté. Leur rencontre va peut-être leur permettre de surmonter leur fatalisme.

Mystery writer Kosaku Asahina scores yet another scoop in a case that occurred in the streets. He even personally conducts investigations and frequently makes these cases the basis for his own novels. It maybe because his late father was a scholar that he is cool, but brims with curiosity and action. One day, Kosaku is facing the computer in his living room and writing a new novel. The novel is based on the baffling case of a female who fell to her death in Setagaya in the past. Kosaku had personally conducted interviews and inspected the scene of her death, but still cannot get to the truth. Then a letter addressed to his father Konosuke who died more than 20 years ago, is delivered to Kosaku. The name of the sender is the female whose mysterious death from a fall, is the subject of Kosaku’s new novel.

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.

Hirata rêve de devenir réalisateur. Lorsque Muto, un chef de clan yakusa, lui propose de tourner un film à la gloire de sa fille Michiko, il ne peut refuser. Mais le tournage du film est rapidement contrarié par la guerre des gangs entre Muto et son rival, Iketagi, amoureux de Michiko...

M, auteur de romans policiers, a une petite amie depuis cinq ans, F. Après quelques semaines particulièrement chargées, il perd le contact avec elle. Puis une femme prétendant être sa sœur lui révèle que sa petite amie a disparu depuis Halloween. M se lance à sa recherche mais les personnes qu'il rencontre lui décrivent une femme très différente de celle qu'il connaissait. De plus, sa vie tranquille commence à changer, à mesure que sa recherche l'entraîne dans les problèmes des autres.

Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big hidden secret.