It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Osamu Minorikawa
Noriko Nishiguchi
Casts & Crew
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Sumiko Fuji
Mie Nakao
Tatsuya Fuji
Yukijiro Hotaru
Eri Murakawa
Ren Osugi
Shigeyuki Totsugi
Yuta Hiraoka
Also Directed by Osamu Minorikawa
Taiji has been estranged from his mother Mitsuko for years. Due to a meeting with his friend, he looks back at his past with his mother. After not seeing her for years, Taiji sees Mitsuko again. He tries to regain his mother's love.
Momoko is just a mediocre who work at a cafe, but suddenly the fateful romance appear right in front of her....
Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married man. 39-year-old Sawako works as a web designer and also takes care of her grandmother. -san and her mother take care of her grandmother.
Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda.
Kanami (Mirai Shida) is an apprentice pierrot and dreams of making people laugh. She falls in love with Yosuke (Ryo Ryusei) who is a dialysis patient. He forgets to smile. To make Yosuke smile, Kanami decides to have a smile no matter what. Yosuke begins to have feelings to her and they decide to marry. On the day before their wedding Yosuke collapses.
One day, Nana, who has always wanted to get married, has a fateful encounter. Unfortunatey, she had to endured violence since the marriage, so she decied to kill her husband and put his corpse in a freezer, but things aren't always like one want as she finds out when he comes back...
Akina (Umika Kawashima) and Takumi (Kodai Asaka) have been dating since high school. Akina started working as a bus tour guide in Saga Prefecture after graduating from high school. On the other hand, her boyfriend Takumi stayed in town, got a job in a factory. Being 1 hour train ride away from her boyfriend, romance oriented Akina struggled not to miss her boyfriend Takumi so much. But one day, on their date, one Akina’s action made Takumi’s mind to end their relationship. Was Akina the only one who was madly in love?! Three years later, Akina was living changing job to jobs, not having a particular goal in her life. She still had a feeling for Takumi, and one day her friends announced her the shocking news about him. Takumi was dealing with a disability. Leaving everything behind, Akina goes to see him. Can she get close to Takumi’s deeply hurt, closed heart? The second chapter of their romance begins!
Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.