Die Eltern eines sechs Jahre alten Jungen erfahren, dass ihr Kind bei der Geburt im Krankenhaus vertauscht worden ist. Ihr ganzes Umfeld rät ihnen das Kind gegen das eigene auszutauschen. Die Eltern sind ratlos. Was ist für sie besser, was für die Kinder? Unsicher beginnen sie und das andere Paar mit dem Kinderrücktausch über ein Wochenende. Ryota und seine Frau Midori erfahren, dass ihr sechsjähriger Sohn Keita nicht ihr eigenes Kind ist, weil zwei Babys im Krankenhaus nach der Geburt vertauscht worden waren. Die Frage stellt sich, wollen sie und das andere betroffene Elternpaar den vermeintlichen Sohn gegen den wirklichen eintauschen? Nach sechs Jahren Kindheit? Wunderbar leicht kreist der Japaner Hirokazu Kore-eda um die Fragen, was es heißt, Eltern zu sein und was Kind.

A hard-worker freelancer who falls in love with a doctor. While his life is getting worse every second. He must find the way to release his life to the beyond of everything.

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Jedes Jahr im Sommer versammelt sich Familie Yokoyama zum Gedenken an den verstorbenen Junbei im Haus der Eltern. Der pensionierte Kyohei hat auch nach 15 Jahren noch immer nicht den Tod seines Sohnes verkraftet und auch seine Frau Toshiko Eher widerwillig reist der zweitgeborene Sohn Ryota mit seiner Frau Yukari und deren Sohn aus erster Ehe an. Seine Schwester Schwester Chinami Kataoka und ihre Famile erwarten sie bereits im Elternhaus. An einem Sommertag tauscht die Famile Neuigkeiten und Erinnerungen aus, wobei schon lange vergrabene Gefühle wieder hervor kommen.

Vier Kinder werden von ihrer Mutter verlassen. Nur die Schecks kommen ab und zu an, von denen die Geschwister leben sollen. Beeindruckendes Drama des japanischen Autorenfilmer Hirokazu Koreeda.

Shun Li arbeitet für die chinesische Mafia, weil sich ihr Sohn in den Händen der Unterwelt-Bosse befindet. Sie erledigt ihre Arbeit gewissenhaft und wird deshalb von Rom nach Venedig versetzt. Dort haben ihre Chefs in der Lagune ein altes Café erworben, das Shun Li nun betreiben soll. Doch die kleine Chinesin, die da auf einmal hinterm Tresen steht, kommt den Fischern, die hier tagtäglich ihr Stammlokal besuchen, wie ein Eindringling vor. Shun Lis Italienisch ist längst nicht perfekt und vom Café-Geschäft versteht sie nur wenig. Nur Bepi zeigt Verständnis für die Frau. Er kann sich selbst noch gut an seine Zeit als Einwanderer erinnern und teilt außerdem Shun Lis Liebe zur Poesie. So entwickelt sich eine vorsichtige Freundschaft zwischen den beiden, die allerdings das Missfallen der Mafia erregt.

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction

A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.

In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future mothers, and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, the door opens to the abyss of today's America.

Because of her last name "Kumada" (bear + rice paddy) and her appearance, Misa's high school classmates call her "Pooh" disparagingly. She obviously has no friends and can only let down her guard around her pet parrot and the goldfish in the science room at school. But, then she finds herself quickly becoming best friends with Izumi who is a cute and popular classmates. Although somewhat puzzled by Izumi's interest in her, Misa is excited about having a friend for the first time ever. But, Izumi's initial angelic demeanor gradually transforms into a demonic one.

From an Alaskan strip club, a Hawaiian island, and the streets of NYC—revelatory stories emerge about a deeper definition of love.

15-year-old Aya Kito was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?

When widow Eva mysteriously disappears then soon resurfaces, police never fully believe her kidnapping claim. When Eva vanishes for a second time, her daughter Sami tries to convince authorities that her mother is truly being targeted.

Two losers men in their thirties are having the worst night in their life when they discover that they will soon be millionaires. The only thing that they haven't thought about is that the way to the million will lead them to a journey in which they will meet some of the worst surreal and crazy people, that will try to take their money in any cost.

In 1974, Morikazu is 94 years old and his wife Hideko is 76 years old. They live at a house in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The garden at their home is full of trees, plants and insects. Morikazu paints pictures of the creatures in his garden and also observes them. This has been his daily routine for more than 30 years. Morikazu and Hideko entertain visitors every day including a photographer and the couple living next door.

Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.

The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married older writer Shitto and the new stud who comes into her life, Ryota Kinoshita. Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with writer Shingo, who is married and has children. Shingo is a talented writer, but has yet to be recognized by the public. Tomoko then enters into a sexual relationship with younger man Ryota Kinoshita, but Tomoko is not satisfied.

Wenn Michael Selbstmord versucht, ohne eine Notiz zu hinterlassen, provoziert er einen schrecklichen Dämon, der das Krankenhaus verfolgt, in dem er aufwacht. Kann jemand diesen bösen Geist reinigen oder sind die stationären Patienten alle dazu verdammt, von ihm genommen

A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.