Miho Nikaido

Sayoko had a hidden side. Sayoko was assaulted by her boss, Kamijou, and she continued their relationship, and Kamijou's sexual play turned her into a woman. Later, when Kamijo decided to marry the officer's daughter, he forced Sayoko onto her subordinates. However, even after their marriage, Kamijou and Sayoko continued their relationship. Another subordinate, Kimura, was jealous of this and wanted to hold Sayoko someday. Later, Sayoko's husband died in an accident while on a business trip. Kimura, who was invited to her memorial service, can't hold back Sayoko, who is wearing mourning clothes, and pushes her down, and when he gropes her private parts, Sayoko is already wet...

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?

The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

A hot summer day on a country road. A young woman in her bridal dress gets kicked out of a car. Lost and frustrated, she wanders off across a sea of grass into a dark wood - and discovers an abandoned house. Tired and worn out, she lies down on a bed. When she is awakened from her nap by a clap of thunder, she sees a cup of steaming hot tea and a package on the floor. She opens it - and finds a kimono. The bride knows she no longer is alone ... but should she put on the kimono?

Hartley and his wife, Miho Nikaido, travel to Japan to see her parents and reflect on 12 years of marriage, her career ambitions, and the adventures of growing older.