Wataru Kenmotsu
Wataru Kenmotsu (剣持 亘, Kenmotsu Wataru, August 19, 1945 - July 15, 2003) was a Japanese screenwriter. He often teamed up with director Nobuhiko Obayashi.
Sabishinbô
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle develops, and the viewer can't quite be sure what is happening until the whole story is neatly resolved at the end.
Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
Toki o kakeru shôjo
Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she's cleaning in the laboratory, she notices of the smell of lavender, and fainted. Since then, she acquires a mysterious power to travel time.
Tenkôsei
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.