In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn’t an accomplished…

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock…

An old man makes a living by selling bamboo. One day, he finds a princess in a bamboo. The princess is only the size of a finger. Her name is…

Middle-aged Satomi is married to infertile Keiichi and pressured by Machiko, her dominant mother-in-law to give her a grandchild. She seeks distraction in manga romance and meets the student Takumi…

Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is tired, behind and dealing with the departure of his ungrateful wife. Having lost his family, he now deals with…

Naoto Aoyagi runs a supermarket. One day, he sees a middle school student stealing cosmetics at his store. The middle school student runs from the supermarket, but she gets hits…

A teacher and his band of sixth graders decide to take responsibility and raise a pig together. The life and times of the animal is in their hands. They discuss,…