Crossroads in Tokyo (1991)

Also known as Tokyo Scramble. The omnibus movie by Shindo Kaneto is separated in three parts, each one of which following a different life problem of the Japanese citizen and their way of facing the world. The first story consists of a high school student who skips school and befriends a middle aged man. The second story deals with an elderly couple who wants their daughter to have a better life. The last story is about an eleven year old whose abandoned by his mother and he has to take care of his two younger siblings.