The Mourning Forest
A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in the titular forest.
Vision
Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.
Still the Water
On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.
Sweet Bean
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
True Mothers
After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child. Six years after adopting a boy they named Asato, Satoko has quit her job to concentrate fully on her husband and son. The family lives a peaceful existence until the arrival of a stranger.
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Naomi Kawase
Director
Machiko Ono
as
Machiko
Yôichirô Saitô
as
Machiko's husband
Shigeki Uda
as
Shigeki
Makiko Watanabe
as
Wakako
Kazuko Shirakawa
as
Mari Natsuki
as
Aki
Juliette Binoche
as
Jeanne
Takanori Iwata
as
Rin
Miki Mizuno
as
Masatoshi Nagase
as
Sentarô
Miyoko Asada
as
Shop Owner's Wife
Etsuko Ichihara
as
Yoshiko
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