Japanese

Director: Shunji Iwai Writer: Shunji Iwai Chara Coco Tadanobu Asano Tsumuji Koichi Hashizume Satoru

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

Director: Masahiro Shinoda Writers: Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Masahiro Shinoda, Tôru Takemitsu, ... Shima Iwashita Koharu and Osan Kichiemon Nakamura Jihei Kamatari Fujiwara Owner of the Yamatoya

In 18th Century in Japan, the paper merchant Jihei (Kichiemon Nakamura) falls in love for the courtesan Koharu (Shima Iwashita), but he can not afford to redeem her from her master and owner of the brothel, since he spent all his money in the place with Koharu. Jihei's wife Osan tries to keep her husband with his two children and asks Koharu to leave him.