The Long Excuse
A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
Fictitious OL Diary
On a gloomy Monday morning, my week begins. Although I (Bakarhythm) am sleepy, I put on my make-up and I leave home for work at a bank. I take the subway filled with passengers and get off on the nearest subway station from work. I meet Maki Fujikawa (Kaho) at that subway station. She is my closest colleague at work. While talking with each other, we get to our workplace.
Himeanole
An ordinary man plays matchmaker to his friend only to realize the girl being pursued is being stalked.
Somebody's Xylophone
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
Haruko Azumi Is Missing
While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a template which is painted on each wall of a small suburban town.
Hold Me Back
Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
Rent-a-Cat
A young woman who rents out cats to lonely old folks finds her life turned upside down when a young man from her past shows back up in her life.
We Are Little Zombies
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Hard Days
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Cloud
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
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Miwa Nishikawa
Director
Eri Fukatsu
as
Natsuko Kinugasa
Masahiro Motoki
as
Sachio Kinugasa
Yasushi Fuchikami
as
Taichi, Kai
Maho Yamada
as
Teacher
Kaho
as
Fujikawa Maki
Asami Usuda
as
Komine Tomoko
Mirai Shida
as
Rie
Keisuke Yoshida
Director
Tsuyoshi Muro
as
Ando
Gaku Hamada
as
Okada
Aimi Satsukawa
as
Yuka
Yôichi Higashi
Director
Takako Tokiwa
as
Yukino Kishii
as
Yû Aoi
as
Haruko Azumi
Motoki Ochiai
as
Kawamoto
Ryô Kase
as
Sawai
Takahisa Zeze
Director
Yôko Kamon
as
Mitsu Tamatsubaki
Masatoshi Nagase
as
Narrator
Masahiro Higashide
as
Tetsu Nakaham
Mikako Ichikawa
as
Sayoko
Kei Tanaka
as
Shigaru Yoshizawa
Reiko Kusamura
as
Toshiko Yoshioka
Akira Emoto
as
Semba
Tarô Suruga
as
Taiji Kugayama
Hayato Isomura
as
Tsukuru Oda
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Director
Yutaka Matsushige
as
Amane Okayama
as
Miyake
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as
Murota
Mutsuo Yoshioka
as
Yabe
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