"Kagaya" is a downtown public bathhouse run by the widow Emiko (Yuko Koma). The drama unfolds at Kagaya, involving various human relationships among her only daughter Hitomi (Yoko Satomi), the bathhouse manager Shuji (Yuichi Minato), the lodgers, the man who courts Hitomi, and the prostitutes.
Though aspiring comic book artist, Michio, has a beautiful lover by the name of Suzuko, he vows to not sleep with her until his work is officially published.
Okuyama is a stocker at the supermarket who has no luck with women. His life is thrown upside down when his sister Noriko unexpectedly moves into his small apartment.
A doctor develops a new scientific breakthrough in female psychotherapy with the discovery of the “Dream Ring,” a device that is inserted into a woman to record her thoughts and dreams.
Yayoi was filled with hatred when she saw her father Tokuzou and her stepmother Misayo entangled. She approached Yukio, who had hit on her, and decided to stage a fake kidnapping to see if Misayo loved her.
Two female lovers meet in a college class. After graduation, they run a temp company which is the front for a detective agency dealing in blackmail information.
Emi, an office worker, is on her last adulterous trip with Hiroshi, an office worker. Hiroshi has no intention of divorcing his wife and plans to break up with her after the trip, but something unexpected happens.
Popular movie trailers from 1998
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1998:
A Donatello award winning short drama about the young Carlotta who stops off on her way to be married to see her ageing grandfather whom she hasn't seen for many years.
The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.
When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place.
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