Akio Sakai

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life. (imdb)

Follows the story of a Japanese girl named Yawara Inokuma over a four year period as she prepares for the Judo competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. (imdb)

Regardless of how students handle the many academic challenges facing they, they all know that there will come a day when they will leave all the hurdles of scholastic achievement behind and tackle the triumphs and sorrows of true adulthood. One thing that many young people don`t realize is that this often means leaving behind the friends that have been with them through their youth.