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Comforting
One Million Yen Girl
タナダユキ · 2008
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Call Me Chihiro
Rikiya Imaizumi · 2023
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
April Story
Shunji Iwai · 1998
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
Little Forest: Winter/Spring
Junichi Mori · 2015
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Junichi Mori · 2014
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Monster
Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2023
When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.
Flying Colors
Nobuhiro Doi · 2015
A high school girl, Sayaka Kudō was the bottom of the class. After a year, she improved her deviation value from 30 to 70, then passed Keio University that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan.
Anime
Kiki's Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki · 1989
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
When Marnie Was There
米林宏昌 · 2014
Anna es una chica solitaria, sin amigos, que vive con sus padres adoptivos. Un día es enviada con el señor y la señora Pegg. Allí, donde se extienden las dunas de arena, conoce a una chica llamada Marnie, quien pronto se convertirá en su mejor amiga. Habiendo aprendido muchas cosas sobre la amistad, Anna se dará cuenta de que Marnie no es quien parece...
Only Yesterday
高畑勲 · 1991
Taeko Okajima è una giovane donna di 27 anni, impiegata presso una grande azienda di Tokyo. Non è sposata né ha fidanzati, con molto rammarico della madre, che tenta senza successo di combinare un matrimonio per lei. Decide di prendersi una breve vacanza e seguire l'istinto di tornare nei luoghi che avrebbe voluto visitare nella sua infanzia per lavorare, durante le ferie, nell'azienda agricola dei genitori del cognato che produce la cartamina, un colorante per cibi che ricorda lo zafferano, attraverso la raccolta dei fiori di cartamo. Durante il viaggio e il soggiorno il suo pensiero andrà a vecchi amori, ad emozioni antiche, o semplicemente a ricordi della sua infanzia che cadranno lentamente, ma inesorabilmente, su di lei, scavandola, colpendola e cambiandola
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
· 2009
Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.
The Stranger by the Shore
大橋明代 · 2020
Su un'isola al largo della costa di Okinawa, due giovani uomini si incontrano su una spiaggia: Shun Hashimoto, un romanziere gay e Mio Chibana, un cupo studente delle superiori. Giorno dopo giorno, i due si avvicinano, ma poi, all'improvviso, Mio decide di lasciare l'isola. Si riuniscono tre anni dopo e Mio dice che è pronto per stare con Shun, ma Shun prenderà l'impegno?
