Kyōko Heya (部谷 京子, Heya Kyōko, born in 1954) is a Japanese art director born in Minami Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.