Hisako Kurosawa

In 1940 during the second sino-Japanese war Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home to his wife Shigeko. But what use are his honours and medals when it is not her husband she welcomes home but crippled men without legs, arms, or the ability to speak.

Married couple Aiko Tsumari (Aoi Miyazaki) and Ayumu Muko (Osamu Mukai) live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged . (asianwiki.com)

Through the mother's recipe for living happily, a family is able to overcome their personal wounds and move on with their lives. Ryohei's wife suddenly passes away, leaving Ryohei without the strength to live. Two weeks after her death, a woman visits Ryohei and gives him a recipe which was left by his late wife. Meanwhile, Ryohei's daughter Yuriko comes to visit him. Yuriko's own marriage is about to end. (imdb)

34-year-old Aya leads a humble and carefree life working part-time in a bookstore and living with a divorcee 20 years her senior, Ito-san, who works part-time in a supply center for school meals. The couple reside in a cramped old apartment tending to a small vegetable garden out back and generally leading a quiet but happy existence... until Aya's father suddenly appears at their door one day, having just been kicked out of his son's home. He moves in to turn all of their lives upside down. (cinando.com)

A young woman returns from Tokyo to her small coastal town to run a shaved ice shop.

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara". (imdb)

O-50: Gai Kurenai is chosen by the Light... and Jugglus Juggler is not. Kanon: Empress Amate protects the people thru the Tree of Life; Dr Psychi plots to use the Space Devil Bezelves to end all conflict - by ending free will. Earth: Archaeologists discover a seed of the Tree of Life - and a connection is made. Will Amate surrender to fate and become the War Deity? Will Gai and Juggler fight together, or grow apart? What is Dr Psychi's true plan? And does the light need the darkness to be whole?

Hideyoshi Date (Katsunori Takahashi) is at his wits' end when we first meet him in. Deep in debt, with no job, no prospects, and no family, he's ready to end it all, and tries to do so, but he doesn't even have the nerve to commit suicide. Wacky events are set in motion when Densuke (Roi Hayashi), a grade school boy, gets into Hideyoshi's cab and demands to be taken ...

A psychological drama about the consequences of a 15-year-old girl's gang rape.

Asami Mizukawa plays Aya, a woman who arrives in Tokyo in her twenties, then grows and changes along with her career and romances through various residential areas in the glittering city. (imdb)