Ishihara

Editors: Ishihara, Masahide, Hoshino, Eiichi, Fujita, Yoko (Eds.)
Focuses on relations between small island countries and territories and mainland areas, mega-islands, and continents, primarily from the point of view of the small islands
Explores the role and significance of language revitalization for building identities of small islands
Proposes measurements and solutions to realize self-determinable and sustainable development of small island societies

Based on novel by Shintaro Ishihara, this is a human drama about the complex relationship of parent and child. Haruo spends his time working in a university hospital when he meets a childhood friend. On the other hand Haruo’s long estranged mother wishes to make amends with her lost son.

Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) and his 14-year-old granddaughter Tamako (Satomi Ishihara). Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son (Mitsuru Hirata), whose marriage is on the rocks.

Perilous Memories makes a groundbreaking and critical intervention into debates about war memory in the Asia-Pacific region.

At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up John Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on.