Happy Hour

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

ในเมืองโตเกียว ริวเฮย์ (เทรุยุกิ คางาวะ) เป็นนักธุรกิจชาวญี่ปุ่นทั่วๆ ไป แต่แล้ววันหนึ่งเขากลับถูกปลดออกจากงานอย่างไม่ทันตั้งตัว เขาตัดสินใจไม่บอกเรื่องนี้กับภรรยาของเขา เมงุมิ (เคียวโกะ โคอิซุมิ) และลูกชายทั้งสอง ทาคาชิ (ยู โคยานางิ) และ เคนจิ (อิโนวากิ ไค) ริวเฮย์ ยังคงแสร้งทำเป็นออกจากบ้านไปทำงานทุกวันเช่นเคย ริวเฮย์ รู้สึกกดดันอย่างหนัก เมื่องานที่หาได้ตอนนี้มีแต่งานรายได้ต่ำกว่าที่เขาเคยทำมามาก แต่ในที่สุด เขาก็จำต้องรับงานเป็นภารโรงที่ห้างสรรพสินค้าแห่งหนึ่ง เขาต้องทำความสะอาดพื้นและล้างห้องน้ำ แม้จะเป็นงานที่ทำให้เขาอับอาย แต่ ริวเฮย์ ก็จำเป็นต้องก้มหน้ารับชะตากรรม

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.