Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively Chie. She loves to laugh, sing and eat. After one and a half years, Chie is employed as a music teacher. One day, Shingo is informed that Chie has breast cancer. After thinking about it, he decides to share a lifetime with her and proposes. His proposal gives her the courage to undergo surgery which she had been mulling over. One day, Chie starts to teach 5-year-old Hana the “important things in life” such as laundry, cleaning and cooking. She thinks that even if she is no longer around, her daughter and husband will be able to live.

中日混血棄子Tsubame，飄洋過海來到這個母親說很美的地方，尋回自我認同的起點，體悟到失去的反而是收穫。Tsubame 五歲起和母親分隔兩地，直到成年後仍無法釋懷為何別離，即使是溫柔的繼母也不甚了解他的心思。在父親的懇求下，他前往母親的故鄉台灣和失聯23 年的哥哥見面。在和哥哥的孩子相處過程中，他幾次回憶起童年時與母親相處的片刻，漸漸理解自己其實從未被拋下⋯⋯ 今村圭佑長期以攝影指導身份，與導演藤井道人合作，本片為其首部執導劇情長片，在高雄市取景，將南台灣 的烈陽與港都的粼光融成一幅幅濃烈的光景，以為早已逝去的母愛，遂隨倦燕歸巢盈滿眼眶。導演藉由無所不 在的新住民母語議題，拆解族裔的區隔; 常民生活的街頭巷尾、嘈雜的市集和靜默的墓地，似是異鄉的故鄉， 最是魔幻寫實的成長敘事。

2012年冬季 NHK SP 物語の舞台は岩手県の沿岸にある田野畑（たのはた）村。津波で母親を亡くした中学1年生の少女・一香（橋本麻由）とその家族、そして数年前この村で夫を亡くした公子（一青窈）との交流を被災地の現状を交えながら描く。

千惠（广末凉子 饰）和脸热安武信吾（泷藤贤一 饰）交往多年，正当他们准备携手步入婚姻殿堂之时，千惠却被确诊患上了乳腺癌，然而，信吾依旧选择了向千惠求婚。婚后，千惠开始积极的接受治疗，在化疗的副作用的折磨之下，夫妻两人依然保持着对生活积极而又乐观的态度，一度，千惠的病情得到了控制。 然而，让千惠和信吾没有想到的是，千惠的腹中竟然进驻了一个小小的生命，若想保住这个孩子，那么千惠将不能够再使用药物，这也就意味着，千惠的癌症有很大的可能复发。坚强的千惠决定生下孩子，十个月后，小花呱呱坠地。果不其然，千惠的癌症复发了，面对死神渐渐逼近的脚步，千惠决定给丈夫和孩子留下最宝贵的遗产。

2004 film by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.