Takashi Yamanaka

Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather’s death. Busy with moving with the help of ...

Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left ...

Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the ...

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop’s life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a ...

When Toma decides to place his father, who suffers from dementia, in a facility, he discovers an instant camera filled sith memories in his ...

A young man falls in love with a woman he meets at a party, but when she leaves him, he must face some uncomfortable truths.

Stories: Did Daruma fall down?, An Accident Property, seven wonders of a certain school, Evil Sound Invitation

In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly ...

Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20’s, she goes on blind ...

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi’s life has ...

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees ...

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can’t just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to ...

At midnight, in a residential area of Osaka, a middle aged man is murdered. The person who killed the man is a high school student. En is a 2nd ...

Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut ...

A young man is sent from Japan to Taiwan in order to get his disenfranchised brother to sign away his inheritance rights.

A couple are perfectly happy to not breed and procreate. Thus their life is a content and unselfish one. He writes and admires his wife. However, ...

Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura, who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya, who enjoys music, persuades the parents at the ...

A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.

Small miracles take place within three families. These different stories revolve around a false kidnapping, a pious child and a forsaken dream. ...

Based on a letter from a fan addressed to the band “SING LIKE TALKING”, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2018, a movie ...

A short omnibus created by four young creators on the theme of “drawing the people of Ichii who use a certain station where a cat lives”.

A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.

The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel there. The hotel has been in existence for 300 ...

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine “Shukan Dodongo”. Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who ...

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The ...

A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap ...

Jun, Bunji, Kido and Maki spend their days wandering aimlessly in the city of Kisarazu where sense of dread rules the streets while the adults ...

Junichi, a seasoned sound mixer, was trying to look after his dying wife. Shaken by her illness, Junichi goes out to where he and his wife had ...

An old couple, their only son, the son’s wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake ...