In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Japó, any 1963. L'Umi Matsuzaki és una estudiant d'institut que, en absència de la seva mare, té cura dels seus dos germans i la seva àvia, alhora que administra una pensió d'estil occidental, el Coquelicot Manor, a dalt d'un turó i proper al mar. La noia compagina tranquil·lament les seves responsabilitats amb la seva vida escolar. Un dia coneix en Shun Kazama, membre del club de periodisme, i en Shirō Mizunuma, president del consell d'estudiants. Tots dos són representants del Quartier Latin, un edifici antic que acull les diferents associacions d'estudiants i que corre el perill de ser enderrocat per la renovació d'edificis amb motiu dels Jocs Olímpics d'Estiu de 1964, celebrats a Tòquio. Entre l'Umi i en Kazama sorgirà una profunda amistat que podria veure’s complicada amb l'inesperat descobriment d'un secret del passat.

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

An American veteren returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Guerra de Corea (1950-1953). Un militar nord-americà que manté una relació sentimental amb una ballarina japonesa intenta lluitar contra els prejudicis racials que el dominen. El comandant Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando), as de l'aviació americana, és enviat al Japó per gaudir d'un descans.

Una companyia de teatre itinerant arriba a una ciutat costanera del sud del Japó. El seu propietari i actor principal, Komajuro, visita la seva antiga amant, Oyoshi, que regenta un petit restaurant a la població, i el seu fill il·legítim, Kiyoshi, que treballa a l’oficina de correus amb la idea d’estalviar per als seus estudis universitaris. Kiyoshi creu que Komajuro és el seu oncle. A l’actual núvia de Komajuro, l’actriu principal de la companyia, no li fa gens de gràcia la seva trobada amb Oyoshi.

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.

Els germans Minoru i Isamu Hayashi són dos adolescents que viuen amb els seus pares i la seva tia en un barri dels afores de Tòquio en els anys 50. Tots els veïns es coneixen en la comunitat i les tafaneries s’hi propaguen amb rapidesa. Els Hayashi es neguen a comprar un televisor, per la qual cosa Minoru i Isamu sempre han d’anar a casa d’uns amics quan volen veure-hi algun programa. Com a protesta, els germans emprenen una vaga de silenci contra tothom.

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.

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.

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.