Otto no katei wo kowasu made

A ghost story set in the city of dreams.

Two people struggle to connect with the world, themselves and each other, but are eventually required to face the force of life.

A troubled 17-year-old girl blames herself for the death of her younger sister, Violet. In her despair, she accidentally drowns and awakens being buried alive. Now she must rediscover her past, save her sister and redeem herself.

American Anna Vorontosov teaches in a rural school on New Zealand's North Island. Her class of younger students is comprised largely of Maoris. She feels that western methods are not the most appropriate in teaching her students, for who concepts such as "see Jane run" have no cultural context. She wants her students to "feel", from love to pain to joy, and as such her classes are outwardly disorganized and chaotic. Her livelihood is potentially threatened with the arrival of a new senior inspector of primary schools, a Brit name William Abercrombie. To make her classes seem more organized to Abercrombie, Anna enlists the help of one of the older students, fifteen year old Maori, Whareparita. Anna's students, including Whareparita, see her as their guardian angel. Anna's burgeoning friendship with Whareparita may show her that although she has her students' best interests at heart, she may also not fully understand the culture within which she now lives. Teaching is her life, which leaves no time for men, sex about which she has repressive views. These views affect her relationship with two very different men who fall in love with her. The first is fellow teacher, Paul Lathrope, a brash Brit. He is a lost soul with self-destructive tendencies. The second is married Abercrombie himself, whose marriage is albeit unsatisfying and long-distance.

A proud man's traumas and prejudice push away his loving partner, opening him to the seduction of an ancient evil.

A Beverly Hills millionaire with an obsession about actress Grace Kelly blackmails a woman into becoming her.