Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.