Takumi Kimizuka

A humanity drama set in Asakusa. Natsumi, a third-year high school student, moved to Tokyo when his grandmother died. Haruka, the flower-shaped stripper who is the mother, cannot hide the dreadfulness from the sudden appearance of her daughter. Living together is always addicted, Natsumi refuses her mother. On the other hand, Haruka is faced with a lover's debt problem.

大学時代に知り合い、結婚した子どものいない夫婦、三津子と忠春。ひたすら仕事に打ち込む忠春とそれを家庭でけなげに支える三津子。せつないまでに夫を愛するもののすれ違いを感じ始めた彼女の想いは毎夜日記に綴られていった。そんなある日、三津子は高校時代の友人・久美と12年ぶりに再会する。彼女と夫・俊彦との気ままな生活は、三津子たちとはあまりにも対照的だった…。

大学時代に知り合い、結婚した子どものいない夫婦、三津子と忠春。ひたすら仕事に打ち込む忠春とそれを家庭でけなげに支える三津子。せつないまでに夫を愛するもののすれ違いを感じ始めた彼女の想いは毎夜日記に綴られていった。そんなある日、三津子は高校時代の友人・久美と12年ぶりに再会する。彼女と夫・俊彦との気ままな生活は、三津子たちとはあまりにも対照的だった…。

英樹と京子。二人は交通事故の被害者、加害者として出会う。英樹には婚約者があり、京子にはヤクザ組織のトップで服役中の夫と5才になる息子がいる。にもかかわらず、英樹は焦がれるような熱い想いを止められない。一方、京子も夫との離婚を考え、息子とともに自立する決意を固めていた。二人は周囲に立ちはだかる障害も構わず激しい恋に突き進むのだったが…。

Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.

Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.

遊人原作のコミックを「RAILWAYS　49歳で電車の運転士になった男の物語」の錦織良成監督が実写映画化し、飯島愛や胡桃沢ひろ子ほか、グラビアクイーンやアイドルが出演したオムニバスラブコメディー。第1話「女子高生はやめられない」、第2話「探偵物語」、第3話「マン引き」第4話「禁断症状」の全4話構成。

A haunted melody, a used record one must possess. At any cost. Adapted from Junji Ito's short story Used Record.