Screenplay: Hiroyuki Itsuki

Direction Yasuharu Hasebe

Cast Kumiko Akiyoshi · Atsuro Watabe

Direction Seijirô Kôyama

Cast Narumi Yasuda · Rentarô Mikuni · Atsuro Watabe · Mitsuko Baisho

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Shinsuke Ashida · Hisashi Igawa · Tsunehiko Kamijô · Kinya Kitaoji

Direction Kirio Urayama

Cast Ken Tanaka · Tomohiro Tanabe · Ken Matsuda · Haruhiko Urayama

Synopsis Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters....

Direction Kiyoshi Nishimura

Cast Hiroshi Misaki · Yûko Enatsu · Yuko Ashibe · Goro Mutsumi

Synopsis Shimao is a former racecar champion who retired after winning the GP of Macao, during which the only other Japanese driver taking part perished in a brutal crash. Shimao now...

Direction Yôichi Higashi

Cast Setsuko Karasuma · Akiko Kana · Kumi Kageyama · Ryuichi Tamura

Synopsis A 20-year-old woman feels entrapped in her relationship with her current boyfriend - she wants out of her "nowhere" life and into something better. To that end, she hooks up...

Direction Kirio Urayama

Cast Ken Tanaka · Shinobu Otake · Ayumi Ishida · Tatsuo Umemiya

Direction Kinji Fukasaku · Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Keiko Matsuzaka · Koichi Sato · Kaoru Sugita

Synopsis The story of Shinsuke ranging from his infanthood to his mid-teens, he's a young man who lives through a stormy life coming from a poverty-stricken coal-mining family.

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Kaori Momoi · Koichi Sato · Kaoru Sugita · Tsunehiko Watase

Synopsis Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.