Atsuo Kashiwagi, an enthusiastic member of the village council, decides to invent a mysterious beast to make his village famous. Against all objections of his relatives, he goes through with his plan and starts organizing the first "viewings". The plan initially works out well and brings in a lot of money, many people dropping by hoping to catch a glimpse of the Yeti-like beast. But then the commotion gets out of hand leaving the whole village is in chaos.
Nobuko Yamaguchi
The drama is based on a true story of Yamaguchi Hayato (25), a young man who learns he has a rare illness known as CIDP, which affects the nervous system. He begins to lose the functioning of his limbs, but he is determined to fight the illness with the support of his wife and his 2-year-old daughter, Myu-chan.
A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, who uses her supernatural power to control people, especially men. While in the original manga Sayoko is represented as a femme fatale always surrounded by men, the film will focus on the friendship between Sayoko and her friend Yuiko Asai, both now on their first year at university.
A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires.
Hajime Sakashita's Mother
1998年11月4日 、湾岸署と勝どき署の中間の河川で水死体が発見される。司法解剖の結果水死体の胃の中から熊のぬいぐるみが発見され、事件は思わぬ方向に……。一方、警視庁副総監が自宅前で拉致される事件が起こり、湾岸署に捜査本部が置かれるが、所轄の刑事は一切捜査をさせないという方針に、激怒する青島。だが同時に、なんと湾岸署内で窃盗事件が起こる。
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Yoshiko Sakagami
A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.
Eiko Kanzaki / Akiko Kanzaki
産婦人科医の鏡美音子は、勤務する病院の女院長・琴枝と同性愛の関係。ゲイボーイたちのパーティに招待されるが、その会場に銃弾が撃ち込まれる…。一方、琴枝は医大の学長のテクニックに負け体を許してしまう。
