Keiko Takahashi

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher. One bright morning, enlightene...

The world is full of me.

Satoru, a traditionalist designer, meets enigmatic Miyuki who shares his values. They agree to weekly cafe meetups, where their romance blossoms. When Satoru intends to propose, Miyuki doesn't appear, leaving her fate uncertain.

A freelance writer (Iseya Yusuke) is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly" (Mizuno Miki): find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his ...

A teacher and student reunite after moving on from their respective school years, and start a relationship.

After several strangely threatening calls from a local salesman, a homemaker becomes increasingly afraid to answer her apartment door.

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by others.

An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.

Shinsuke's life from infancy to teens revolves around coal mining. His father sacrifices himself rescuing trapped miners. Shinsuke and his mother receive support from a kind Korean man and a yakuza biker as they cope with the loss.