Kôtarô Shiga

23-year-old Sawako is stuck in Tokyo with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend, and no passion for life. Her wake-up call is a request to return to her provincial hometown and take over her terminally ill father's shellfish packing business. But that means facing up to all the problems she has been running away from.

April 4, 1959 in the early morning Detective Fujisawa Rokuro of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was walking his dog along the banks of Tokyo's Musashino district, and found the body of a young woman. Her handbag, an express delivery envelope, and other possession were stil with her, her identity was immediately confirmed as airline stewardess Ikuta Setsuko. (dramawiki)

Katsu is now an old woman who even at seventy three has not lost her penchant for being sardonic and dissatisfied. Upon visiting a photography studio her life and body are transported to that of a twenty-year-old girl giving her the opportunity to make up for missing out on her earlier dreams of becoming a singer, a more harmonious family member and to have more fun than life generally afforded her. (imdb)

27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto (Aki Asakura) is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter from him. After meeting a former student, Hatsumi Takimoto confesses about her past.

1000 years from now a young woman's life is at risk in a post-nuclear sci-fi community as she investigates who controls and operates society and the economy. As she gets close to the truth the walls start to close in on her.

NYPD Detective So Takakura travels to Tokyo, where his by-the-book style clashes with former gang member-turned-special detective Maruo Kudo. (imdb)