Aya Watanabe

A young girl in a small village develops a fondness for the new student.

The story of Tsuneo, a college student who meets a young girl named Josee with Cerebral Palsy. Despite their differences, the two develop a close relationship. But will the gap between them prove to be too wide to bridge (asiacue.com)

Saori has always disliked her gay father and has lived her life denying his existence. [She finds out] her father is dying of cancer and that the nursing..is in danger of closing. Out of curiosity and debt, Saori goes to visit her father at the House of Himiko, a nursing home for gay old men. It is a sad place but filled with sardonic good cheer..She begins taking an interest in keeping the nursing home alive... (asianmediawiki.com)

Hyeong-gu (Jung-woo Ha), a young Korean, visits Japan by boat three or four times a month to help with middle-aged Bo-gyung's smuggling business. It is always Tooru (Satoshi Tsumabuki), a young Japanese man, who welcomes him there. Hyung-gu and Touru sacrifice themselves for the sake of their families, money, and friendship. One day, Bo-gyung orders them to kidnap a woman named Ji-su (Su-yeon Cha) and take her to Japan, and this changes their future in an unexpected way. (AsianMediaWiki)

Gassoh tells the tale of three childhood friends who harbor different political and social leanings. The year is 1868, after 300 years of domination, The Tokugawa Shogunate has fallen. Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shogun, has just been exiled to Mito. This historical political event was said to have started without bloodshed as the political leaders at that time agreed to a peaceful discussion (rather than war) to usher in the Meiji era. (psycho-drama.com)

Hi no Sakana (火の魚, Fish of the Fire) is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published in 1960 and was later adapted into a single-episode TV drama that was broadcast on NHK Hiroshima in 2009. The story describes the interactions between an elderly author and a young staffer from a publishing company as they collaborate on a book cover design for the author's latest novel.