Hiroko Hayashi

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

A former idol becomes a teacher at the high school she graduated from, but her new career is threatened by an expose book her ex-manager is planning to publish.

Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and his wife after a small fire breaks out. His sons are always there to help, but Ryu, who has stubbornly lived alone since her husband's death, feels uncomfortable there, and frequently visits his tea-drinking buddy Kinue to vent his frustrations. However, Kinue's sudden death and a postcard inspire Ryu to set off on a solo trip in her husband's beloved Mini Cooper. Her destination is Matsuyama in Shikoku, where she spent her childhood and where her first love, for whom she harbored a faint crush, still lives. The Mini Cooper speeds smoothly between Gifu and Kyoto. But when Shota and a young couple from the future join Ryu in the Mini Cooper, things start to look ominous...

Seven stories centered around marriage.

During the Edo period, Henshin Ninja Arashi and his allies fight for peace. (extended version of episode 6 of the TV series)

A Violent School Revolution