Ryota's house is a shack in a depression in the bank, with a dirt floor and a six-tatami room, but even though they are poor, Ryota is not above it. He is a good older brother to his younger sister Kyoko. But then something bad happens. His father runs away with another woman. This is a touching story about a boy who lives a tough life even in the depths of poverty and despair, and the strong love between his brother and sister.
Yūji Nishimoto
Yukiyo Takahashi
平田大三郎
殿山泰司
Ryota's house is a shack in a depression in the bank, with a dirt floor and a six-tatami room, but even though they are poor, Ryota is not above it. He is a good older brother to his younger sister Kyoko. But then something bad happens. His father runs away with another woman. This is a touching story about a boy who lives a tough life even in the depths of poverty and despair, and the strong love between his brother and sister.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
เรื่องราวของ โอซามุ นอกจากทำงานรับจ้างรายวัน เขายังลักเล็กขโมยน้อยเป็นอาชีพเสริมด้วย โดยมีลูกชาย โชตะ เป็นผู้ช่วย วันหนึ่ง ขณะทั้งคู่กลับจากการขโมยของ โอซามุ ได้เจอกับ ยูริ เด็กหญิงตัวน้อยอยู่ตัวคนเดียว เขาจึงตัดสินใจพาเธอกลับมาบ้านด้วย แม้ว่า โนบุโยะ ภรรยาของเขาจะไม่พอใจที่เขาพาเด็กที่ไหนมารู้มาอยู่อาศัยด้วย ถึงอย่างนั้นตัวเธอและรวมถึงสมาชิกคนอื่นๆ ในครอบครัวอย่าง อากิ น้องสาวของยูริ และคุณยาย ฮัตสุเอะ ก็ดูแลเด็กหญิงคนนี้เป็นอย่างดี ถึงแม้พวกเขาจะเป็นครอบครัวเล็กๆ จนๆ แต่พวกเขาก็เป็นครอบครัวที่มีความสุข ทว่าในช่วงเวลาที่ทุกอย่างกำลังไปได้สวย ความลับบางอย่างก็เปิดเผยออกมาทำให้ทั้งครอบครัวต้องสั่นคลอน
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.