Peach Flavored Asian Pear

In bustling Tokyo, Ren delivers delicate orchids across the city, carrying the weight of his mother's absence and years of silence between him and his father, until one delivery changes everything.

She just wanted to feel a little lighter—her body, her soul, everything. One day, as she left the swimming pool, Jade noticed her bag seemed to be dripping, the dampness seeping into her very being. Determined to shed it all, she made her choice…

A film about making films, we follow the exploits of Kiriko, an indie film director who is struggling to make a road movie that ends on a beach. Why do so many independent films have to have a beach scene? That is a question that gets asked along the way but her journey to the location is beset with difficulties, from budget to casting. There is only so much she can do and so she inches forward making compromises and finding ways around problems to realise her dream, all while living in the real world and fulfilling obligations to others as best she can.

A man washes a stuffed pig in a laundromat in Taipei and a woman waits for someone else. Like mass-produced pigs, this is a brief encounter, one of the many chance encounters in life, but what we learn about the two and the life of the city seeps in and plays a long aftertaste.

One day, maverick Naomi appears before inmate Yuri in a facility where mirrors are forbidden. The facility regulates the inmates' lives, but Naomi abides by her own rhythm. A mirror fragment gets passed around among the inmates, who each react differently when they take a peek, but Naomi remains expressionless.