A mere traditional Japanese restaurant owner who triggered an unprecedented massive fraudulent lending scandal and manipulated a staggering 600 billion yen at the height of the bubble economy. A mysterious, psychic market manipulator who rose from abject poverty and, using her beauty as a weapon, even had a state-owned bank at her mercy. This work is a shocking work of fiction that delves into the true identity of a woman who has until now been shrouded in mystery!
真行寺君枝
椎名桔平
清水章吾
山口美也子
A mere traditional Japanese restaurant owner who triggered an unprecedented massive fraudulent lending scandal and manipulated a staggering 600 billion yen at the height of the bubble economy. A mysterious, psychic market manipulator who rose from abject poverty and, using her beauty as a weapon, even had a state-owned bank at her mercy. This work is a shocking work of fiction that delves into the true identity of a woman who has until now been shrouded in mystery!
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
เกิดคดีฆาตกรรมหญิงสาวคนหนึ่งในบริษัทใหญ่กลางเมืองลอสแองเจลิส ทำให้จอห์น คอนเนอร์ (Sean Connery) และ เว็บสเตอร์ สมิธ (Wesley Snipes) 2 เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจถูกส่งมาเพื่อไขคดี
"แอบบี้" หญิงสาวชาวอเมริกันที่เดินทางไปหาแฟนหนุ่มที่ญี่ปุ่น เธอคิดจะใช้ชีวิตอยู่กับแฟนที่นั่น แต่ว่าแฟนของเธอกลับทิ้งเธอไปอย่างไร้เยื่อใย แอบบี้ได้เจอกับร้านราเมนใกล้ๆ กับที่เธอพักและรู้สึกติดใจในรสชาติและรู้สึกดีมากขึ้นเมื่อเห็นคนที่กินมีความสุข เธอจึงขอเรียนการทำราเมนกับเจ้าของร้านโดยที่เธอกับเจ้าของร้านต่างไม่เข้าใจภาษาซึ่งกันและกัน เรื่องราวจะเป็นอย่างไรต่อไป?
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.