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.

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.

In Japan, a man takes in his transgender childhood friend after she shows up at his apartment. He is driven by guilt that he abandoned her when they were younger, and he must now grapple with feelings of guilt and budding emotion.

In contemporary Japan, a poor young woman finds a new approach to life in her new job: accompanying a widowed professor on trips, dressed as his dead wife.

After being abandoned by their spouses in Japan, two adulterers move to a Greek island to free themselves of any familial responsibility.

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

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

A young Japanese girl befriends a Filipino man hired by her parents. Together, they discuss life and religion—until sudden misfortune strikes.

A boy and his best friend face a tidal wave in coastal Japan, but only the boy surfaces. The boy reflects as an old man, blaming himself for not helping his friend escape and wondering if the friend survived.