Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of th...

Two orphaned brothers from a marginalised segment of society have to face separation.

Tormented by a mysterious figure named Belmiro, a young woman goes up on a stage to deliver a monolo...

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort an...

Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should liv...

Unsatisfied with a past mistake, Chandler returns home to set things right only to find himself thro...

A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yume...

In 1910, a young laundress leaves her rural home, fleeing from her father's violence. With her, her ...

After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read t...

Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. A...

Yuki is introverted and not very good with love. She has a crush on somebody, but he already has a g...

A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure kno...

Satomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make...

14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one p...

A sweeping small town romance exploring the grit of craft, the heart of family, and the pains of lov...

Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio statio...

Minato Narumiya reignites his passion for kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. Along with his...
Beginning in 1861 England, and moving through a number of years, a maid helps raise two children, a ...

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the ...
Midori is a struggling wedding photographer in Kona, Hawaii. Her small world in thrown off balance w...