Listen to the Universe
Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.
One Night
A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.
Tremble All You Want
Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Theater
The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
Hell Dogs
Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
Little Forest: Winter/Spring
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
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Kei Ishikawa
Director
Hairi Katagiri
as
Tôri Matsuzaka
as
Akashi Takashima
Mayu Matsuoka
as
Aya Eiden
Asami Usuda
as
Machiko Takashima
Yûko Tanaka
as
Koharu Inamura
Kuranosuke Sasaki
as
Michio Doka
Takeru Satoh
as
Yuji Inamura
Takumi Kitamura
as
Ichi
Kanji Furutachi
as
Yoshika's talking companion
Yôichi Nukumizu
as
Takahiro Miura
as
Ai Hashimoto
as
Ichiko
Sairi Itô
as
Aoyama
Kento Yamazaki
as
Nagata
Kôdai Asaka
as
Tadokoro
Kentarô Sakaguchi
as
Hideki Murooka
Kazuki Kitamura
as
Tsutomu Toki
Miyavi
as
Yoshitaka Toake
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