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Fragments recorded in 2023, what I saw, what I remember.

A man who was a radical student activist during the 1970 Security Treaty protests was arrested by the police and worked as a bartender in a rundown bar after being released from prison. The failure of the student movement had eaten away at his mind, and he lived a self-indulgent life living with a woman. Meanwhile, his father, an elderly fisherman, and his sister still lived in his hometown, but the sea there was polluted by wastewater discharged from a large company's factory, and the fish caught in the sea were poisoned, leaving many who ate the fish virtually disabled. In fact, his sister was also a victim, and her brain and nerves were so damaged that it was impossible to tell who was who. One day, the woman he was living with told him that she was pregnant. The man, who feels despair towards society, is unable to accept this reality...

Actor Wi Kuki Kaa plays Tiare, a Vietnam War veteran who is dislocated by his experiences of war, and homelessness. He wanders the city streets, collecting ephemera in plastic bags. Nancy Brunning plays his daughter, who, with her own daughter, visits their reluctant koro to convince him to visit his ancestral home. The result is a moving story about a man jolted to find his turangawaewae, and the whanau that helps him get there. (NZ On Screen)

The film One Day of an E-sports Player captures a single day in the life of an e-sports player who competes in the computer game League of Legends, often shortened to LoL. In an entertaining way, this film shows the challenges the protagonist faces both in the game and in his everyday life.

Eriko and her silent brother Makoto live together. One day, while the two are drinking at a bar, Eriko's boyfriend Junichi comes in. Eriko introduces him to her, but Makoto gets up from the table looking annoyed. Eriko, who he loves like a daughter, has a boyfriend...

Pink film distributed by Shintoho.

“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual, much like a child dressing up.” Those who have worked with her say that what she does is true artistry. Barbara Sukowa, a star of Fassbinder’s films, an icon, and a role model. Who says there are hardly any interesting roles for women beyond forty? New challenges continually come her way. A few years past normal retirement age, she is launching into a remarkable new chapter. Sukowa – Spielen wie ein Kind (Barbara Sukowa – playful like a child) chronicles the path of an internationally successful actress to this day.

Ito is a second-year high school student and an only child who has to move to a different city; her mother remarried and begins her new life as an older sister of 4 siblings! The start of a family-love-comedy with four step-brothers!

(Ibrahim) is a stingy man, who is cruel to his family and his wife (Najat), who suffers with him a lot, and tries to use his father's love for him to prevent his brother from visiting him and obtaining his inheritance, and the events continue.

Oleg learns the intricacies of working in a bank, and here he meets the manager Veta. They begin a romance that will change the lives of both. Veta dreams of being close to Oleg, but for this he needs to divorce Katya...

Each character is offered a real-time game. With her help, they will solve their problems in the most incredible way.

The guests of the project will face the most difficult test possible: to answer completely idiotic questions and survive.