A boy growing up during Japan’s postwar economic ascendancy comes to grips with the sudden death of his mother and the eventual passing of his blind, aging father.

A teenager in America during World War II grapples with his personal, hostile feelings toward the Japanese farmer who moves next door.

In a future where the U.S. is in a state of decline and Japan is the most powerful nation on Earth, an American salesman attempts to sell American landmarks to a Japanese tycoon. An American salesman attempts to sell of his country's landmarks, from the Statue of Liberty to Yankee Stadium, to a wealthy Japanese mogul in a future where the US is broke and Japan is in charge.

In post-war Japan, an ex-soldier and his childhood neighbor continue their friendship as adults, on unequal terms.

Two cartographers reach a geographic boundary and discuss what they see.

Following the aftermath of World War II, a Japanese soldier shows up at the house of one of his former battalion mate, a mother must grapple with whether to hold onto her son’s memory or let him go.

Two characters who are unknowingly tied up in the pursuit of the same businessman find themselves in rural Japan, hunted by supernatural forces.

The life of a young Japanese man becomes intimately intertwined with his deceased best-friend's girlfriend, as they each navigate the past in search of lost time.

A Japanese businessman reflects on his experience with Chinese people and longs to visit China.

An older Japanese man reflects on his past and learns more about the American culture through small encounters with strangers on a train.