Director of Photography
Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.
Director of Photography
A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that does not work, in an act of desperation, they are assigned to plan C by their agency. A fight and unprofessionalism seems to put the Backdancers on permanent ice.
Director of Photography
Kohei (Koichiro Saito), un joven diseñador de videojuegos, decide crear “St. John Wort”'. La acción de este juego se desarrollaría en el viejo pazo del mismo nombre que acaba de heredar la joven Nami (Megumi Okina) de su padre, a quien nunca llegó a conocer. La pareja se adentra en lo más profundo del bosque. Para hacer la localización, ellos van provistos de una cámara digital y de un ordenador portátil que los conecta a los dos miembros restantes del equipo. Llegados al lugar, Kohei y Nami descubren la obra del padre de este último: espantosas pinturas que representan retratos de niños. Nami, además, hará un sorprendente descubrimiento...
Director of Photography
Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which contains Nanami's dead boyfriend. Masayuki joins the journey.
Director of Photography
Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wanted to be buried in the land rather than a cemetery, so that his body would be 'useful' - and now he's dead. Kanako and her boy enlist the help of a friendly florist with a small truck, steal the corpse, and head for the mountains.
