Haru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother’s younger sister Yuko (Kaho) and can tell Yuko what she really feels. On the first day of the summer vacation, Haru is kidnapped. The culprit is her free-spirited father Takashi who disappeared from home two months ago.

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.

Ryou is a girl isolated by everyone else in her class, she doesn't even have a cell phone because no one would call her anyway. One day, she suddenly starts hearing voices of Shinya, who lives in a different prefecture.

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.

年少时，他们有一场美丽的邂逅，可命运却随后扼住这对不幸男女的咽喉，让他们背负着弑父杀母的罪恶在昼夜边缘徘徊……
14年前，雪穂（福田麻由子饰）和亮司（泉泽祐希饰）同生长在不和睦的家庭：雪穗和母亲相依为命，不料母亲竟为了生计出卖女儿的色相；亮司一家三口表面其乐融融，可亮司知道母亲背着父亲早有外遇。一日，亮司偶然遇见雪穗，遂惊为天人，他主动接近并以热诚逐渐打动了对方冰冷的心，纯纯的爱开始在少男少女心中萌生。
悲剧很快不期而至，亮司陡然发现自己挚爱的父亲竟然是雪穗的客人！愤怒之下，他杀死父亲，而雪穗为了保护亮司也偷偷杀害了自己的母亲。
在小心掩饰之下，他们的行径未被探破，14年后，雪穗（绫濑はるか饰）和亮司（山田孝之饰）更是为了保住这个秘密而走上持续犯罪的不归路，他们什么时候才能等来救赎？

纷纷扰扰的一年过去，滨崎光生（瑛太 饰）和星野结夏（尾野真千子 饰）这对孽缘鸳鸯终于决定重新走入婚姻殿堂。只不过在孩子的问题上，两人再度发生分歧，结夏愤而离家出走。另一边的上原家，新生命的到来增添了几多温馨。谁知谅（绫野刚 饰）偶然邂逅当初和他一同私奔的潮见薰（臼田麻美 饰），平静的内心再起波澜。全心全意照顾女儿的灯里（真木阳子 饰）敏锐察觉到丈夫的变化，她不禁为这样的爱情和婚姻深感懊恼。结夏打算随同爱慕自己的便当店老板黑部三德去北海道，正和薰谈判的灯里目击这一幕，连忙告知光生。
疾驰的列车上，三对男女面面相觑，他们的爱、婚姻和心，都需要得到一个答案……

在城市的不起眼角落，经营着名叫樱屋的粗点心小店。小店上一代的主人已经去世，如今店主的孙子太郎（小田切让 饰）继承了这里。虽然这只是家月营业额仅三万元左右小店，但太郎仍尽心和奶奶（八千草薰 饰）守护着这里，守护他们一成不变平凡的生活。三十多岁形同废柴的太郎，日常最爱干的就 是和啃老损友三枝（胜地凉 饰）、刚（前野朋哉 饰）、大哥（岛田久作 饰）等蹲在后院吃零食打发无聊的时光。青梅竹马礼子（尾野真千子 饰）离婚后回到了这里，两人若即若离，羞涩暧昧。
相识的人三三两两来到小店，这里对太郎以及其他人来说，都有着无法一言道尽的意义……

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.

故事发生在东京的神乐坂，古朴的街巷，淳朴的民风，使得这条小小的街市几乎成为了被时间和神明遗忘的美好角落。七年来，小厨师田原一平（二宫和也 饰）一直在名为“坂下”的料亭里进修，个性安静稳重的他一直深爱着这里的平静与安宁。
然而，没有什么能够逃脱快速碾动的时代车轮，神乐坂和坂下料亭也不例外，不断被建造起来的高楼大厦和日渐惨淡的经营让坂下的两位老板娘梦子（八千草薰 饰）和律子（岸本加世子 饰）逐渐意识到，如果不能适应行情的变化，、她们挚爱的家族事业终将化为尘土，与此同时，一平一直都没有放弃过寻找他的生父，在巨大的时代面前，每一个人都将作出自己的选择。

2013 film by Yuya Ishii

因为一个陌生人钱包里的信，在东京某搬家公司打工的乡下青年曾田练（高良健吾 饰）不远万里驱车来到北海道，并将人生黯淡的女孩林田音（有村架纯 饰）带回了东京。熙攘的人群中，只一刹那两人便错失彼此。练的身边有个名叫木穗子（高畑充希 饰）的时尚女孩，她谈着一场注定没有结果的所谓爱情。练的青梅竹马小夏（森川葵 饰）渴望在东京实现梦想，而中条晴太（坂口健太郎 饰）似乎让她渐渐意识到大都会的冰冷与残酷。自力更生的音在某养老院打拼，富二代公子哥井吹朝阳（西岛隆弘 饰）对这个执拗的女孩产生了别样的兴趣。
三男三女，六个有着共通之处的年轻人，寻找他们的梦想、依靠以及多年后回忆起来一定会让他们潸然泪下的恋情……

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.

1987 film by Seijirō Kōyama

Love and marriage are the issues when one bickering couple can't quite split up, but another seemingly happy couple wonders if they really are.

1974 film by Shūji Terayama