Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.

一处古色古香的和式房屋内，独自居住着年事已高的作家（大杉涟 饰）。他曾经写下诸多优美凄婉的词句，而如今身心状态大不如前。一天天的衰老，令作家周身散发出几许凄凉况味。不知曾几何时，冷冷清清的房子突然变得热闹起来。老人的身边不知不觉多了一个欢呼雀跃的女孩子。女孩名叫赤子（二阶堂富美 饰），她终日身着一袭红色的衣服，时而在榻榻米上跑来跑去，时而和老人一来一往对话，夜晚则与之相拥而眠，密迩无间。关于赤子的传言和猜测不胫而走，但鲜有人知晓她的真实身份。 原来赤子是老作家养了已有三年的金鱼，不知为何幻化成人形给老人带去慰藉。然而这对老少伴侣的宁静生活很快便被打破，老人的朋友芥川龙之介（高良健吾 饰）、卖金鱼的男人（永濑正敏 饰）以及老人曾爱慕的女人——已变成幽灵的百合子（真木阳子 饰）相继出现，让他的生活陷入混乱之中……

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and – ultimately – acceptance.

2005 film by Takeshi Kitano

1997 film directed by Shōhei Imamura

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

1996 film by Masayuki Suo

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.