Isao Fujisawa

A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law.

Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.

Unable to bear the repeated bullying, Kenichi (1st year junior high school student) attempts suicide, but narrowly survives. His hospital roommate, Jun (2nd year junior high school student), suffers from a terminal illness but lives for his dreams. Jun's single-minded dedication leaves a deep impression on Kenichi, who is thinking of ending his life.