Kazuya Nakajima

小学3年生の新子は、山口県の片田舎に住む普通の女の子。友だちや家族に囲まれ、この町にあった平安時代の地方の国の都「国衙」について空想することが好きだった。そんなある日、東京から貴伊子という生徒が転校してくる。貴伊子が気になった新子は、次第に親しくなっていくが……。

Hayato, a boy in the 6th grade, hides the secret that he can't swim. Every summer, he pretends to be sick, so he could avoid school swimming tournaments. But, as it is the last year in the elementary school, he can't escape from swimming practice and is forced to participate.

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.