Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.

Yuriko Yoshitaka
(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Kazuya Takahashi
(segment "Itaria no Uta")
Maiko Yamada
(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Seiko Iwaido
(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Haru
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")

Hanae Kan
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Takayo Mimura
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Reiko Igarashi
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

Ryunosuke Kawai
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Equals
Equals

New Year Blues
New Year Blues

Skopje Remixed
Skopje Remixed

Sad Movie
Sad Movie

Dilema
Dilema

Sorry and Thank You
Sorry and Thank You

A Quintet
A Quintet

Life Can Be So Wonderful
Life Can Be So Wonderful

Today, Together
Today, Together

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema