Akiko Nomura

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three friends in feudal Japan who are ronin. (imdb)

Oida goes to prison after causing the death of a man and his daughter in a traffic accident. Shortly before being released, his cellmate offers him half of 30,000,000 yen if he follows instructions without questioning. Having nothing left to lose he decides to give it a try. The job turns out to involve the assassination of three men and Oida has second thoughts after meeting with one of them. However, someone else is after the men on Oida's list and now it is up to him to warn them.

A poetic story about a man rendered comatose by an accident and a bar maid, where the months pass, the seasons come and go, and the man sleeps on... (movies.yahoo.com)

Tora-san discovers that his family is arranging a marriage for him. He leaves to the countryside where he falls in love with the manager of an inn. Unaware that she is involved with another man, Tora-san confesses his love on a New Year's television program.