خلاصه داستان : تاکو، زن کارمندی که از فشار کار خسته شده، برای گذراندن تعطیلات به جزیره‌ای سفر می‌کند، اما رفتارهای عجیب ساکنین جزیره، تعطیلات او را به تجربه‌ای غیرمنتظره تبدیل می‌کند...

An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

خلاصه داستان : ساچی، صاحب رستوران "اُن‌ایگی‌بُل" در هلسینکی، پس از یک ماه بدون مشتری، با اولین مشتری خود، میدوری، آشنا می‌شود و او را به خانه‌اش دعوت می‌کند. سپس با زنی به نام ماساکو که چمدان‌هایش گم شده است، ملاقات می‌کند.

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.

خلاصه داستان : "چاگاوا" متوجه می شود که نگهداری و حمایت از نهگبان جوانش به نام "جانوسوکه" در تعمیرگاه سوزوکی در خیابان سوم، روز به روز مشکل تر می شود. مگر اینکه جانوسوکه از پدر ثروتمندش که مدتهاست او را رها کرده، کمک بگیرد. چاگاوا یکبار دیگر تمرکزش را بر روی یک مسابقه ادبی و برنده شدن جایزه...

Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.

خلاصه داستان : بازیهای المپیک توکیو نزدیک است و چاگاوا بسیار هیجان زده است تا تلویزیون جدیدش را بگیرد تا بتواند بازیها را ببیند. همسرش نیز حامله است و آنها در حال ساخت طبقه دوم در بالای فروشگاه هستند تا فرزند خوانده شان، جانوسوکه بتواند در فضایی خصوصی بهتر درسش را بخواند و برای رفتن به دانشگاه توکیو...

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...