Cast: Katsuya Koiso

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Claude Maki · Hiroko Oshima · Sabu Kawahara · Toshizo Fujiwara

Plot The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.

Direction Hiroshi Yoshino

Cast Ryoko Shinohara · Rie Tomosaka · Jin Akanishi · Masaya Kato

Plot Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as...

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Takuro Atsuki · Keiju Kobayashi · Kin Sugai · Kyusaku Shimada

Plot Yuta, an absent-minded 5th-grader, is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta's parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from Yuta's companionship. At first, Yuta...

Direction Akiko Ohku

Cast Yasuko Matsuyuki · Haru Kuroki · Hiroya Shimizu · Kanji Furutachi

Plot Yoshiko is in her 40s, single and has no kid. She works in a publishing company and she enjoys small pleasures like having lunch with her junior colleague or drinking...

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Kumiko Akiyoshi · Takuro Atsuki · Yosuke Katsuno · Akira Emoto