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"The man who does not laugh" (笑わぬ男) - dir. by Tsukasa Kishimoto
Story of a man and his bedridden wife who always asks him to pat her legs.
"Thank you" (有難う) - dir by Nobuyuki Miyake
A prostitute named Kikuko recalls the day she was sold to this town and the bus driver Arigatosan who drove her there.
"Japanese Anna" (日本人アンナ) - dir. by Takushi Tsubokawa
A man gets his wallet stolen by a young Russian girl. He rents the room next to her and becomes mesmerized by peeping into her room.
"Immortality" (高橋雄弥) - dir by Yuya Takahashi
An old man remembers his teenage years sitting under the tree that his girlfriend committed suicide under.
Notes
- Based on Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata's collection of short stories titled "Palm of the Hand Stories" - a collection 122 short stories, four of which were selected for this omnibus film.
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