Daichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his excellent skills at work and his handsome appearance. One day, he meets again his childhood friend Manatsu (Seia Yasuda). Manatsu has just began work as a dental hygienist at a clinic in th suburb. Meanwhile, Daichi receives recognition for his work by dental clinic director (Yuichi Kimura) and dentist (Yuuki Tsujimoto), but his father (Tetsuhiro Ikeda), who runs a dental technician's office, thinks Daichi’s skills are not good enough. Daichi then receives a complaint from a patient. Manatsu tries to comfort him, but they end up having an argument.
敵対する竹下組との抗争で服役していた武史が出所する。組長の宗形は彼の娘を預かっていたが、父親に会いたくないと家出をしてしまう。武史の元妻の情報で宗形らは家族の思い出の地である銭荷島へ。また、竹下組の面々も偶然、クスリを持ち逃げした組員を追って島へ向かうが、その頃、島では原因不明の疫病が蔓延していた。
映画のロケ地探しに奔走する映画製作会社スタッフの林田かるほ（田島ゆみか）は、上司の左甚六（音尾琢真）を実家に招待する（『ビフォーアフター』）。死神（安田顕）とある約束を交わしたことで、死を免れた男（山田孝之）。しかし、男は約束をほごにし……（『ライフ・レート』）。映画版『古典落語「猿後家」』プロデューサー（加藤貴子）は、撮影現場に主役が登場せず困惑する監督（戸次重幸）に、ある提案をする（『猿後家はつらいよ』）。
Shuichi Furukawa receives a phone call from his mother. She reminds him that they are moving the next day. The following day, Shuichi takes a train ride back to his hometown. He arrives at his parents home, but nobody is home. He looks for the house key under a potted plant but can't find the key. He starts to thinks back to his childhood days in his parents home. Shuichi grew up with his younger brother, older sister, father who ran a shoe making business out of their garage and mother. Shuichi grew up with a crush on an older woman who lived next door and he loved to make piggy banks out of empty whiskey bottles. One day on a school picnic, Shuichi's classmates grabbed a lunchbox from a fellow student and eventually gave the lunch box to Shuichi. All the other students chanted "throw it away," while Shuichi's former friend looked on in despair.
Misako Shimamoto
Kageko, a teacher in a small mountain village with a thriving Japanese paper industry, is visited by a former student, who proposes a plan to manufacture counterfeit money. She initially refuses, but eventually decides to join the project for the sake of the poor children in the village and her own mentally handicapped child.
