在这部我是桂子，但剧情片中,《我是桂子，但》(1997/ 61min)：桂子是一名女侍應，獨居在東京，自從爸爸過身之後，她對時間有了情意結，在廿二歲生日之前三星期，桂子決定開如始倒數：每日、每小時、每分、每秒，她要實實在在地感受自己每一刻的存在，然後廿二歲的生日終於來了。
Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to record this period of time in the most accurate way possible, regardless of how lonely or banal this record ends up being.
桂子，生日快乐——空虚寂寞冷才是人生的常态。“桂子ですけど”。如何寻找活着的存在感。
