Miwako Ichikawa

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.

Natsume - a teen fashion model from Tokyo - feels empty after having moved into a country town with her family. One day, she meets Koh, heir of Shinto priest family and finds herself falling under the spell of a selfish yet handso...

Friendship shared between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite litera...

In Tokyo, from their breakup to their first meeting, the love story between Teruo, a classical dancer, and Yô, a taxi driver, told in reverse. They remember their most intimate days, every year on July 26, the day they met and sep...

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer ..... and it escalates!

Mitsuo is a boxer who prefers dogs but ends up looking after two cats that his brother rescues.

3 people suffering from psychiatric problems, and a doctor stranger than any of them.

Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.

Haruko is a single mother. She has an unusual living arrangement. She lives with her son Riku, her friend Aiko and Aiko's boyfriend Sorao. One day, Yuko stays at Haruko's house to attend an art institute for the summer. Yuko is th...

Mami is 36 and unmarried, but with a job she loves and great friends, does she really need a man in her life to find happiness?