Hisao Kurozumi

Sonoko, a bored married woman, falls for a fellow art student, the young and beautiful Mitsuko. The relationship develops and starts to affect and involve their partners.

A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.

A story of finding a place to root yourself when life’s obstacles have dispirited you. Chang-su, a former equestrian athlete for the South Korean national team, was forced to give up on his dream early. He finds himself working at a quarry in the rural town of Minawa in western Japan, where he lives with Minami and her infant daughter. Yamabuki, a teenage girl, begins to stage silent protests that blossom into community action, much to the dismay of her policeman father. The quiet surface of this rural town is gradually peeled off to reveal frustration and loneliness that, once given a voice, begin to connect people.

When Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.

Hikari, a trans woman, works and lives in Tokyo, but despite being understood by her friend and coworkers, there remains an underlying lack of confidence and feeling of unfulfillment. She makes the decision to contact her high school crush, Takashi, hoping that he will see her for the person she is now.

Shinpei first meets Kasumi at a movie theatre, in a certain way an impressive encounter as he wrongly sits in her seat. The path of the two cross again as Kasumi later becomes Shinpei’s co-worker at a restaurant. One night, Shinpei finds Kasumi acting suspiciously in front of a building. She is stalking her boyfriend, whom she suspects cheated on her. Knowing the secret, Shinpei is asked to lend a hand in the infidelity investigation. Their nights then turn into a detective game and Shinpei finds himself drawn to the charm of Kasumi...

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There was a popular band with four students. After the band was offered a major contract, they broke up after a minor mistake. 6 years later, they are living their lives in their late twenties with troubles: Marriage, work, human relationship. They meet again and finish a song that they couldn't complete.

Ai Shimizu (16) grew up without knowing freedom because her workaholic and toxic father, Tetsuo, constrained her too much. One day, Ai-chan, who has no friends and doesn't know how to dress up, happens to meet Seiko, a cross-dresser. Despite their different life and culture, they become like family and friends. However, Seiko had a secret...

Filling his late father’s shoes, Mamoru has become a kintsugi craftsman, but he still harbors ill feelings. His younger brother, Miki, has no goals of his own yet and feels frustration and envies Mamoru. A story of brothers who can’t be honest and the people around them.

8mm film by Ryo Ishikawa.