初恋这件小事情

Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrols in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live in his uncle's house, part of which is rented out while his uncle is abroad on business. A realtor's mistakes leaves Tasiro sharing the house with Kei Yamaba, the most beautiful girl in the school, who is also his classmate. There is the risk that their unexpected 'co-habitation' will be discovered by the school authorities. While he grows increasingly attracted to her, he is often irritated by her innocent and nonchalant attitude towards their predicament. They each develop other romantic attachments, but end up turning to each other.

故事以岩手县的松尾村为背景，讲述东京统一剧团的统筹河野秀子(倍赏千惠子)到访当地，希望游说青年会合作制作一出名为「故乡」的音乐剧。身为会长的齐藤高志(寺尾聪)虽然大力支持，但由于经费、场地等问题，公演受到极大阻力。高志和秀子最后排除万难，终于得偿所愿，为千多名观众送上最真挚动人的一夜。为拍摄此片，山田及其制作班底花了一年多时间，实地考察统一剧团的地方公演。

影片以马夫行走崎岖艰险的“茶马古道”为线索，娓娓道来沿途（重点位于云南、四川、西藏境内的横断山脉）居民的生活。不卑不亢的原著居民向观众幽幽讲述着，发生在这片广袤高远的天籁之地里的故事。没有旁白去解说，也没有夸张的煽情，一切都在固定镜头质朴的记录下悄然发生又默默结束，自然 而然。正如导演对影片的诠释一样：“居住在这里的民族，就像高原的山脉一样，不卑不亢，充满了传奇般的色彩，与自然和谐地并存—我们这些从外边来的人，只能仰视他们、欣赏他们、赞美他们—这里能给你一种力量，一份祥和及发自内心的喜悦，他们并不会因为你的赞美而改变自己。”导演田壮壮荣获2004年中国电影华表奖优秀数字电影奖。

本片由「小雲雀」顧媚擔綱主演，更有一群當紅歌星客串演出。這是一個有關歌星與記者的愛情奇緣喜劇，顧媚飾著名歌星小雲雀，自曼谷來香港演唱，巧遇陳厚飾的冒失記者劉仕泰；仕泰為刺探桃色事件內情，假扮南洋界娛樂鉅子親近小雲雀，期間笑料百出之餘，亦交往出真感情來。片中出現多首經典歌曲，包括顧媚主唱的《空虛的夢》、方逸華主唱的《花月佳期》及潘秀瓊主唱的《情人的眼淚》等。