Masaaki Takarai

Swing Girls — A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning an

Departures — Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is

Shall We Dance? — A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing l

Osaka Girl — One day, Chiho is asked to collect the rent from her grandmother, who has a bad leg. Chiho easily agrees and regrets it.

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't — A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of m