Etsuko Ichihara

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she’s hiding a troubling ...

After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. ...

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi complains that his wife ...

A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far ...

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost ...

A heart-warming story depicting the day-to-day life full of laughter and tears as a mother copes with her children.

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating ...

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but ...

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.