خلاصه داستان : مردی متاهل اهل توکیو پس از برخواستن برای کمک به یکی از همکاران سالخورده خود، از کارش اخراج می شود و...

Mr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. One slight, comic young man, Shinji Okajima, has no shirt under his jacket; he scratches at fleas and makes faces behind Omura's back. Jump ahead several years, Shinji is married with three children. He sells insurance, and on the company's annual bonus day, he protests when an older worker is fired. Shinji loses his own job as a result, and he and his wife must find ways to cope. Lassitude, pride, the demands and needs of young children, and relationships from bygone school days all play a part in the outcome of their struggle.

خلاصه داستان : « هوریکاوا » ( ریو ) ، معلم مدرسه‏ اى است که تنها هدفش در زندگى ، تعلیم و تربیت پسرش ( سانو ) ، است. وقتى پسر زندگى مستقلى را در پیش مى‏ گیرد و تشکیل خانواده مى ‏دهد ، پدر مى ‏میرد...

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

خلاصه داستان : معشوقه یک بازیگر کابوکی بر اثر حسادت نقشه ای برای از بین بردن پسر معشوقش طراحی می کند و...

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.