Shôtarô Oikawa

日照りが続く夏、水道局員の岩切俊作は水道料金を滞納する家庭に出向いては、水道を停めて回る業務に就いている。県内全域で給水制限が発令されるなか、岩切は蒸発した父親と家に帰らなくなった母親によって2人きりで取り残された幼い姉妹に出会う。困窮する彼女たちにとって、最後のライフラインとなる水を停めなければならないという葛藤に襲われるも、規則に従い岩切は停水を執り行う。

Chiyoko’s mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the Italian movie "La Strada," which her mother liked. Chiyoko soon acts in a movie directed by Masamune.

Detective Murakami meets a girl who suffers from memory loss. The girl has special abilities including the ability to talk with the dead. Detective Murakami names her Maki. Detective Murakami and Maki work together to solves a massive murder case involving a mad bomber. Maki's identity is revealed during their investigation.

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.

Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...

Despite the fact that Kyoko's a girl herself, approaching women on the streets and asking them to pose nude for her proves to be quite a chore. At first she accosts every pretty girl that walks by, until Miho catches her eye. Feeling that she has that certain something special, Kyoko insists that Miho pose for her. Her own life floating rudderless after the separation of her parents, Miho accepts, half entertaining the idea to get back at her father, who has gone on to form a new family and who hasn't been in touch with her in years. The two girls walk around town, Kyoko snapping pictures and listening to Miho's stories. Gradually the two young women begin to sense a mutual attraction. When the time comes to get down to the nitty gritty of the nude shots, the girls' defences come down along with their clothes.

A S&M comedy about a masochist barber.

A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out.

Another psychodrama, this time revolving around an SM club.

Miyuki doesn't need to stalk the man she's crazy about, because he lives one floor down. He's Yoshinori, a not very successful long-haired musician. Miyuki, a coffee-shop waitress, nods when they pass on the stairs, but hasn't yet dared to strike up a conversation. Instead she slips out every night and helps herself to his trash.

Based on the novel of the same name by Azusa Katsume.

In an ordinary household in Metropolis, the housewife committed suicide two years ago. Since then, the male host Akihiko married a non-faithful lover Yizi to get started. In the newly reorganized happy home, only the little girl, Yuxi, is depressed...

第壱話「女子高生編」　富江が死体で発見され、落ち込む恋人の高志を励ます元恋人の美紀。そんな二人の前に忽然と死んだはずの富江が現れる。 第弐話「モデル編」　美少女を撮らせたら超一流のカメラマン森は、スランプに陥っていた。そんな彼の前にこの世のものとは思えない程美しい少女が現れた。少女は「富江」と名乗った。 第参話「婚約者編」　安田は出会って一ヶ月の女「富江」に夢中だったが、彼の前に元死体検死官の男が現れる。彼は富江の恐れるべき秘密を語る。