Based on a story by the 19th century Greek writer Lafcadio Hearn, who settled in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo, this film is a parable about how man is a creature that perpetually cannot see beyond his own reflection.

Trapped inside the elevator of a hotel casino complex, a lowly elevator boy falls in love with his investor's mistress that forces him to choose between his love for her, or his dreams for a better future.

An eccentric young girl, terrified of growing up, tries to stop her older sister’s wedding.

When former band members – way past their heyday and now in their fifties – unexpectedly reunite for a dear friend's funeral, it feels like the past never left.