is a 2005 Japanese release consisting of five short films by different directors, each based on a short story by a popular Japanese woman writer and focusing on the nature of women's sexuality.

Details

The five sections are as follows:

''Momo (Peaches)''

Based on a story by

Kaoruko Himeno is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated five times for the Naoki Prize and won the 150th Naoki Prize for her novel '. Two of her novels have been adapted for film. Early life and education Himeno was born in 1958 in Shiga Prefecture, J ...

, directed by

Tetsuo Shinohara is a Japanese film director. His film ''First Love'' was the 3rd Best Film at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * ''Running High'' (1989) * ''Work on the Grass'' (1993) * ''One More Time, One More Chance'' (1996) * ''Aku no hana'' (1 ...

and starring

Kyōko Hasegawa is a Japanese model and actress. She is previously married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti. On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a boy. On January 25, 2012 she gave birth to a girl. Appearances TV ...

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, notably holding a black belt in judo, and is also a keen fisherman. Career Ikeuchi played a supporting role as General Miura in Wilson ...

and Eri Nomura.

''Taiyo no Mieru Basho Made (Drive Until you See the Sun'')

Based on a story by Yuzuki Muroi, directed by Ryuichi Hiroki and starring

Chihiro Otsuka is a Japanese actress. Her birth name in kanji is , but she transformed her given name into hiragana characters. Filmography Movie *''Dark Water (2002 movie), Dark Water'' (2002) *''Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003) *''Be with You (2004 film), B ...

Mitsuko Ishii Mitsuko Ishii (born 25 February 1954 in Tokyo) is a Japanese people, Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors of Japan since 2016. She represents the Japanese House of Councillors nat ...

and

Hairi Katagiri , better known as , is a Japanese actress represented by Stardust Promotion is a leading Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and invests in entertainment forms including music, cinema, and modelling. ...

''Yoru no Shita (Licking Nights)''

Based on a story by

Kei Yuikawa Kei may refer to: People * Kei (given name) * Kei, Cantonese for Ji(姫) * Kei, Cantonese for Qi(奇, 祁, 亓) * Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom * Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Korean singer Kim Ji-yeon * ...

, directed by

Suzuki Matsuo is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Career Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Suzuki started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as Kankuro Kudo and Sadao Abe. He won the Kishida ...

and starring

Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. Her uncle is the jazz pianist Yōsuke Yamashita. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for ''Crest of Betrayal''. Filmography Film * ''cf girl'' (''cfガール'', 1989) * ''Swimming Upstream' ...

''Megami no Kakato (Heels of the Muse)''

Based on a story by

Asa Nonami is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published autho ...

, directed by

Miwa Nishikawa is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off ...

and starring

Nene Otsuka is a Japanese actress. She starred in Masahiro Kobayashi's film '' Bashing'', which was screened in competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Career Otuska has appeared in films such as Hirokazu Koreeda's ''I Wish'' and Yoshihiro Nakamura ...

and

Naoyuki Morita Naoyuki (written: 直之, 直行, 直幸, 尚幸, 尚之, 尚志, 尚往 or なおゆき in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese lawyer, diplomat, academic and writer *, Japanese samurai * ...

''Tamamushi (Jewel Beetle)''

Based on a story by

Mariko Koike is a Japanese novelist. Biography Mariko Koike is a popular detective and horror novelist. Koike was born in Tokyo and graduated from Seikei University. Her first collection of essays was ''Recommendations to Women of the World'' and it becam ...

, directed by

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese people, Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, Film editing, editor, Film director, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad ...

and starring

Eri Ishida is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Chōchin'' and at the 13th Hochi Film Award for '' A Chaos of Flowers'', ''Hope and Pain'' and ''Wuthering Heights''. Filmography Films ...

Ryō Kase is a Japanese actor. Early life Kase was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. He moved to Bellevue, Washington in the United States soon after his birth, due to his father's job being transferred. He's father Yutaka Kase was former chairman a ...

and Kaoru Kobayashi.

Reception

The film was reviewed positively by critic Russell Edwards for

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

as a celebration of modern womanhood and sexuality in Japan.

References

External links

* 2005 films 2000s Japanese-language films Films directed by Miwa Nishikawa Films directed by Ryūichi Hiroki Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Films directed by Tetsuo Shinohara Japanese anthology films 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub