A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors,...

Enzo, a school art teacher, is the pillar of a rather unusual family. He takes care of his 5-year-old daughter but does not know who her mother is,...

Although marriage is the farthest thing from her mind, Renko meets a special person on her twentieth birthday and starts to seriously think about...

Makimura Kimiko, freelance journalist and city-girl extraordinaire, marries into a traditional Japanese family. Most overbearing of the Yamamoto...

Sakura runs a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo with a hidden "meeting place" where those in need can gather, share their stories, and enjoy a free meal....

Nishimaru Nao (Saito Yuki) lives temporarily at the home of Hoshino (Hayashi Ryuzo), a university professor who is an old acquaintance of her mother...