以太宰治诞辰100周年为契机，集英社将日本文学名著以动画的形式展现，系列人设均由集英社人气漫画家担当，每个故事主角均由堺雅人配音，并与众多著名声优合作。

2009年是日本文学名将太宰治诞辰100周年，在这一年中，包括小林多喜二创作的《蟹工船》在内，众多的日本文学名作被制作成电影。 嗅觉敏感的集英社乘着这股追赶文学大潮的东风，及时发售了由旗下超人气漫画家重新绘制封面的文学名作，博得了极大好评。这些作品分别是由《死亡笔记》作者小畑健重新绘制封面的太宰治原作的《人间失格》；由《死神》作者久保带人重新绘制封面的坂口安吾原作的《盛开的樱花林下》；由《网球王子》作者许斐刚重新绘制封面的太宰治原作的《快跑！梅乐斯》，以及由小畑健重新绘制封面的夏目漱石原作的《心》，由久保带人重新绘制封面的芥川龙之介原作的《蜘蛛之丝》和《地狱变》。

罗曼菲，自大学时期翩然起舞、赴纽约学习现代舞、返台于舞蹈系培育提拔年轻舞者、担任云门舞集二总监、以迄学生布拉瑞扬在台东设立舞团。她的现代舞独树一帜，桃李天下、处处舞踏，「为了让多一点人跳，她为学生创作了多支大型舞作」。病痛临终她仍在彩排最后一支舞作，既是白蛇也是黑天鹅，一袭舞衣从黑褪淡至灰；当年一鸣惊人的《挽歌》里，她已永恒独舞，旋转不止。继两部文学纪录片之后，陈怀恩执导了此部舞蹈纪录片，呈现其对罗曼菲这位早逝的台湾舞者的不舍与呼唤，诉说她文学出身、翩然旋舞的一生。

罗曼菲，自大学时期翩然起舞、赴纽约学习现代舞、返台于舞蹈系培育提拔年轻舞者、担任云门舞集二总监、以迄学生布拉瑞扬在台东设立舞团。她的现代舞独树一帜，桃李天下、处处舞踏，「为了让多一点人跳，她为学生创作了多支大型舞作」。病痛临终她仍在彩排最后一支舞作，既是白蛇也是黑天鹅，一袭舞衣从黑褪淡至灰；当年一鸣惊人的《挽歌》里，她已永恒独舞，旋转不止。继两部文学纪录片之后，陈怀恩执导了此部舞蹈纪录片，呈现其对罗曼菲这位早逝的台湾舞者的不舍与呼唤，诉说她文学出身、翩然旋舞的一生。

Middle-aged lesbian Manok closes down ‘Rainbow’, the queer bar she’s run for years, and returns to her hometown, Iban-ri, following the death of her mother. But home feels as stifling and unfamiliar as ever. The village, where her ex-husband now serves as headman, greets her return with suspicion, and deep-rooted prejudice and exclusion still linger. Yet Manok refuses to back down. To break down the walls between past and present, village and self, she boldly runs for village chief. It’s a declaration—not of rejection, but of affirmation: to live without denying who she is, and to once again take her place at the center, on her own terms. In Iban-ri, Manok finds new beginnings and reconnects with severed ties. Among them are Guem-ja, an old flame, and Jae-yeon, a high school student hiding his true self in the suffocating atmosphere of the countryside. Manok, who lives openly and without apology, becomes a beacon for Jae-yeon, and he, in turn, finds the courage to finally come out to the world. Even far from the days of Rainbow, Manok is still surrounded by strong, loving women who stand by her side. Manok is a warm and spirited portrait of courage, survival, and community. It gently but powerfully captures how women like Manok challenge societal norms and build new forms of belonging. This isn’t a story of simply 'returning' home—it’s one of boldly beginning again. (Kani KIM)

Manting, a Chinese woman in her early 60s, reconnects with the lesbian lover from her adolescence when one of her old classmates passes away. After classmates’ reunion event in a karaoke bar, they end up spending a night together roaming in the city.

Middle-aged lesbian Manok closes down ‘Rainbow’, the queer bar she’s run for years, and returns to her hometown, Iban-ri, following the death of her mother. But home feels as stifling and unfamiliar as ever. The village, where her ex-husband now serves as headman, greets her return with suspicion, and deep-rooted prejudice and exclusion still linger. Yet Manok refuses to back down. To break down the walls between past and present, village and self, she boldly runs for village chief. It’s a declaration—not of rejection, but of affirmation: to live without denying who she is, and to once again take her place at the center, on her own terms. In Iban-ri, Manok finds new beginnings and reconnects with severed ties. Among them are Guem-ja, an old flame, and Jae-yeon, a high school student hiding his true self in the suffocating atmosphere of the countryside. Manok, who lives openly and without apology, becomes a beacon for Jae-yeon, and he, in turn, finds the courage to finally come out to the world. Even far from the days of Rainbow, Manok is still surrounded by strong, loving women who stand by her side. Manok is a warm and spirited portrait of courage, survival, and community. It gently but powerfully captures how women like Manok challenge societal norms and build new forms of belonging. This isn’t a story of simply 'returning' home—it’s one of boldly beginning again. (Kani KIM)