家在意大利热那亚的马克罗西(松尾佳子 配音）是个活泼有爱心的小学生，他和爸爸皮叶特、妈妈安娜、哥哥东尼奥一家人幸福地生活在一起。但是爸爸被骗而欠下巨额债务，妈妈为了还债要去遥远的阿根廷打工。妈妈走后，马克每天放学回到家就帮为穷人看病开诊所的爸爸做饭干家务，他最大的期盼，就是米克兰杰洛号商船定期捎来的妈妈的信。为了减轻爸妈的负担，让妈妈能够早日回家，小小年纪的马克利用课余时间，就在做些送信洗瓶子的工作贴补家用。因认识了演木偶剧的白宝诺和他女儿菲莉娜，听说他们要去阿根廷表演，马克决定要跟他们一起去阿根廷寻找日夜思念的妈妈。但碰巧的是，木偶剧团的人却病倒走不了。他带着小白猴梅蒂欧终于费尽周折搭上了霍格列号海轮。前面还要经历多少艰险的旅程，马克才能找到妈妈呢？

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.