Kohei Ikeue

Sakura Ueno has recently quit her job and decided to work temporarily in a nursery school at a friend's request. There she meets a whole lot of cute kids including a girl named Ai. Shindo, the girl's father, often comes to pick her up late after school. Seeing him pick up his daughter triggers a memory of her own father, following this, changes happen…

「海街diary」「そして父になる」の是枝裕和監督が、「歩いても　歩いても」「奇跡」に続いて阿部寛と3度目のタッグを組み、大人になりきれない男と年老いた母を中心に、夢見ていた未来とは違う現在を生きる家族の姿をつづった人間ドラマ。15年前に文学賞を一度受賞したものの、その後は売れず、作家として成功する夢を追い続けている中年男性・良多。現在は生活費のため探偵事務所で働いているが、周囲にも自分にも「小説のための取材」だと言い訳していた。別れた妻・響子への未練を引きずっている良多は、彼女を「張り込み」して新しい恋人がいることを知りショックを受ける。ある日、団地で一人暮らしをしている母・淑子の家に集まった良多と響子と11歳の息子・真悟は、台風で帰れなくなり、ひと晩を共に過ごすことになる。主人公の母親役を樹木希林が好演し、共演にも真木よう子、小林聡美、リリー・フランキーら豪華な顔ぶれがそろう。

Kondo, a college dropout, is approached by a friend "Suzuki". Suzuki offers Kondo to work as an Art Festical Staff in an island abroad and for a period of time. To apply he needs to meet a girl named Kyoko. Suzuki will introduce them together within a week. Few days later, Kondo meets an old friend, Yano. He is happy to meet Yano again after quite a time and since they had left their hometown. Yano acts strange, though. "Shit! Come with me!" Yano suddenly starts running. Some Yakuza rush to catch him. Puzzled by this, Kondo escapes with him. The number of Yakuzas is increasing. Can these two run away from this city?