Mayumi Oka

ある夜、大槻動物病院の獣医師・花咲万太郎（坂本昌行）は病院で預かっている犬の散歩中、遠くから聞こえてくる切ない犬の泣き声に気付く。鳴き声を頼りに駆けつけると、崖下を見下ろして鳴く小型犬が。崖下では初老の男性が頭部から血を流して倒れており、既に息絶えていた。 男は森本要之助、65歳。ペット用品通販会社「ペットライク」の社長と判明した。事故死か…他殺か…。捜査本部の蓑田玲子警部（矢田亜希子）は、第一発見者の獣医師が現場にいた犬を連れ帰っていると知り、大槻動物病院に万太郎を訪ねる。動物たちに愛情を注ぐが、人間世界のことには全く関心がなさそうで、かなり風変わりな印象の万太郎。しかし、現場の公園にいた少年の容貌を問うと、事細かに話すその記憶力に玲子は興味を持ち、森本家訪問に万太郎を同行させることに…。 会社「ペットライク」の経営をめぐって複雑な事情がありそうな森本家。亡き社長の愛犬タクトも引き取れないという。 「ペットライク」の親会社の悪質ブリーダーとの関係や、現場の公園にいた少年が出入りしていた動物愛護団体の施設の存在も浮上。果たして、事件の真相は!? 被害者の愛犬・タクトは事件解決の鍵を握っているのか!?

In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.

The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?

Looking for something to do during the summer, Akihiko Suzuki teams up with four girls (Namie, Natsumi, Mishiyo, and Komugi) and a guy (Kosuke) to start a little cafe down by the beach. Actually, he is more interested in the girls than the job. They used to ignore him, but by working at the cafe, he hopes to start a friendship with them.

Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.

Film distributed by ATG.