愛と死の記憶

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.

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.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

ภายหลังพ้นโทษจากเรือนจำ ซึสึโกะ สัมผัสได้ว่าผู้คนรอบข้างต่างมองเธอแบบไม่ไว้ใจ เธอรู้สึกผิดหวังและตัดสินใจออกเดินทางด้วยความรู้สึกเจ็บปวด พร้อมกับตั้งกฎให้กับตัวเองว่า จะออกเดินทางไปยังเมืองอื่น ๆ ทันทีที่เก็บเงินได้ครบหนึ่งล้านเยน การเดินทางของเธอในครั้งนี้เสมือนการค้นหาตัวตน พร้อม ๆ กับกอบกู้เศษซากชีวิตที่เคยทำหล่นหายไปในอดีต เพื่อเรียนรู้ที่จะไว้ใจคนอื่นอีกครั้ง

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.

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?

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.