日本恐怖鄉愁小說第一人！ 133回直木賞得獎作家，日本恐怖小說大獎、All讀物推理小說新人獎得主！ 在暈黃的滄桑魅影中，回首青春的苦澀燦爛 看到那隻貓的屍體，我突然覺得，會感到寂寞的並不只有貓。 人也一樣，就像我對獨自一人生活至今感到寂寞。 一向以來了解的道理突然變得不再明確，本來無謂的事卻對它突然害怕起來；感到一種莫名的失落感，為一些繁雜瑣事而終日抑鬱──套一句矯情的話，就是所謂「徬徨的青春」…… 本書為日本直木賞得獎作家珠川湊人的「恐怖鄉愁」系列作品，由七篇短篇城市傳奇小說組合而成，以昭和40 ~ 50年代的東京下町為舞台，是一部追憶青春少年時的離奇異事所組合成的小說。 篇名如下：1.〈紫陽花開時〉 2.〈夏天的匿名信〉 3.〈書籤之戀〉4.〈女人心〉5.〈朱鷺色之兆〉 6.〈朱鷺色之兆〉 7.〈枯葉天使〉 雖說是七篇各自獨立的短篇作品，但由於共同主題及人物之連串，彼此微妙的牽引，仍具長篇小說的趣味。

2021 film directed by Miguel Sapochnik

When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.

2013 film by Yōji Yamada

2016 film directed by Thea Sharrock

罗斯（大卫·休默 David Schwimmer 饰）不知瑞秋（詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰）对他的感觉，并和老同学茱莉开始恋爱。瑞秋对此很不开心，并尝试破坏这一对恋人。已经开始新恋情的瑞秋在一次就酒醉时通过电话留言机跟罗斯表白。让罗斯在瑞秋和茱莉间无所适从，在钱德勒（马修·派瑞 Matthew Perry 饰）的建议下罗列两人的优缺点比较决定。但罗斯知道自己真正爱的还是瑞秋，于是很快与茱莉分手。经历重重波折终于和瑞秋重新开始。乔伊（马特·理勃兰 Matt LeBlanc 饰）由于在肥皂剧扮演雷莫瑞医生大获成功，赚够钱可以住进自己的公寓。菲比（莉莎·库卓 Lisa Kudrow 饰）找到了同父异母的弟弟小弗兰克。莫妮卡（柯特妮·考克斯 Courteney Cox 饰）也开始与父亲的老朋友理查德交往。但孩子的问题上，一心想要孩子的莫妮卡忍痛与其分手。

1988 film directed by Richard Donner

After a bomb destroys a railway carriage, the four survivors repair to the villa of one, Mrs. Delahunty, a writer of romance novels, a woman with a past. The others are an aging British general, a young German man, and Aimee, an American girl orphaned in the blast. As these four strangers recover in Umbria's countryside and become friends, Aimee's uncle, a cold and childless academic who studies red carpenter ants, arrives to fetch her. Mrs. Delahunty fears this may not be in Aimee's best interests, begins to drink heavily, and fails in her attempts to connect with Aimee's uncle. Meanwhile, a persistent detective investigates the blast. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

悄聲傾訴的祕密如此可怕，卻又微微透著溫度，莫名動人心弦──宮部流「百物語」再度開張！ 國民作家挑戰生涯最龐大99個怪談寫作計畫。令人動容的人鬼交心浮世繪；可怕，又可愛的療癒系怪談。 為妖怪賦予色彩，為故事注入力量，日本知名插畫家南伸坊跨刀！385張精美插畫圖文合體，打造魅力無窮的小說世界。 【精采內容】噓，這兒的規矩是「說過就忘，聽過就忘」。 江戶神田町的提袋名店「三島屋」裡，有個神祕的「黑白之間」。據說，背負哀傷過去的美麗姑娘阿近，在此蒐集奇聞怪談。每當街坊鄰居不留神，藏著不可思議故事的訪客便悄悄上門…… 〈逃走的水〉牧馬少年偶然遇見自稱山神的小女孩，從此，只要他一靠近，水就消失得一滴不剩…… 〈竹林裡冒出一千根針〉針線屋養在深閨的千金小姐終於出閣，然而，上花轎的竟是陌生的麻臉女子…… 〈暗獸〉私塾的老師傅帶著妻子入住空屋「繡球花宅邸」，意外發現一團天真淘氣猶如孩童的黝黑生物。深深戀慕人類、卻無法待在人類身邊的「黑助」到底是什麼？ 〈吼佛〉偏僻的貧窮村落裡，憑空出現能治百病的木佛像，於是，人們漸漸不再相信寺裡供奉的大佛…… 【好評推薦】「原來人世間很多事情是無法排解也無法解釋的，由於無解，才看得出宮部美幸如何參透人心。明著錄鬼，實為寫心。這一個「人心」，也正是「故事之心」。」──新生代文藝創作者?陳?青 【宮部美幸百物語系列】百物語是一個日本民間習俗，傳聞聚集百人，每說一則鬼故事就吹熄一根蠟燭，直到第一百根蠟燭熄滅，妖魔將會現身，因此人們會在第99個怪談前止步。喜愛恐怖故事的宮部美幸一直嚮往寫出一話完結，就吹熄一根蠟燭的百物語，於是創造此系列，期望能在退休前完成99個怪談故事，目前在日本持續連載中。預計奇數冊走沉重路線(如《怪談》)、偶數冊走療癒溫馨路線(如《暗獸》)，並且每冊與不同插畫家合作，創造閱讀小說的多元風景。 「哎呀，不曉得六十歲之前能完成百物語嗎……不過總算寫出了九篇故事。這次有小小神明及可愛的妖怪登場，還有南伸坊先生古樸別致的插畫，請盡情享受閱讀的樂趣！」──宮部美幸 出版社 獨步文化 (城邦)?

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

1996 film by Billy Bob Thornton

坐著開往宜蘭的普通號火車，導演吳念真即將開始他生平第一次的獨自旅行，這一年，他八歲……。車窗外的風景，他很熟悉；車窗內的陌生人，他有些害怕。火車慢慢往前走，期待中的大海、龜山島一一掠過眼簾，偶然相遇的人們，藉著真誠的互動，彼此相互取暖、安慰。一個孤獨少年的火車旅行，收穫的不僅僅是抵達的圓滿，更是對人與人之間的信心和希望。一個來自北部礦村的童年往事。作者簡介 吳念真生於台灣北部著名金礦區--九份。一九七六年考入輔仁大學夜間部，主修會計學。該年初起開始從事小說創作，題材大部分以中下階層人們的生活為背景，頗受重視，曾連續三年獲得聯合報小說獎。一九七八年首次接觸劇本工作，一九八○年進入中影擔任編審；一九八一年與小野、侯孝賢、楊德昌、張毅等年輕電影工作者為台灣新電影催生奮鬥。著有小說集《抓住一個春天》、《特別的一天》，電影生活札記《尋找太平天國》，電影劇本《兒子的大玩偶》、《戀戀風塵》、《悲情城市》、《無言的山丘》、《戲夢人生》、《多桑》等。曾執導《太平天國》、《多桑》等電影。繪者簡介 官月淑嘉義人，國立藝專畢業。做過插畫工作、美術編輯，現為家庭主婦，喜歡閱讀和美食，習慣用紙、筆記錄生活周遭，享受與兒子一起散步的時光。 在確定接下這本書的圖畫工作後，因為對地理方向的白癡，連媽媽特別帶我們做一趟景點探勘，在侯硐街道漫遊中，讓我回到作者年輕時的生活景色。那是一個舒適的秋日午后，風和陽光在平快車廂裡追逐，我在速寫本裡快速的紀錄著遼闊海洋彼端的龜山島，心裡一邊想著，這樣亮麗的天光水色，要用什麼樣的藍才渲染得出來呢？ 回來後，還哼了好幾天的基隆山之戀。 沒想到真正動手作畫時，天候已進入淒風苦雨的冬季了。自己一個人坐在空盪盪的車廂裡，火車出入一個接一個的隧道，從幽暗窗戶飄進不知是霧氣還是寒氣，我想起當年那個一個人旅行的小男孩，不管他當時緊握的是萬金油或是銅板，一定都是滿滿的勇氣。

The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.