Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.