Production Design
大阪を舞台に描いた群像劇。通称「キタ」と呼ばれる大阪の繁華街で生きるアジア人たちの人生を描く。春のある日、大阪のキタにある古びたアパートの一室で白骨化した老女の死体が発見された。警察は捜査を開始し、アパート周辺で聞き込みを続けるが、孤独死なのか、あるいは財産がらみの謀殺なのか、さまざまな噂が飛び交っていた。同じころ、中国・台湾・韓国の観光客、マレーシアのビジネスマン、ネパールの難民、ミャンマー人留学生、ベトナム人技能実習生など、キタにやってきた外国人たちと、彼らと日常を共有する日本人たちの間に、さまざまな出来事が起こっている。やがて事件の捜査が終わるとき、人びとは新たな人生の岐路を迎える。
Assistant Director
A middle-aged salary man can’t find anyone to talk to. Everybody in his life avoids him, having their own troubles to deal with. Feeling all alone in the huge city one night, he sees a man holding a glowing stick and helping people crossing the railway. Might this man be willing to listen to him?
Art Department Assistant
An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese policeman join her search.
Assistant Director
Yuki has decided to quit pursuing music as a career. One day he meets composer Michiko and her son Kengo who has a pervasive developmental disorder. Yuki comes to be Kengo's babysitter due to strong pressure from his boss at work which leads to a deepening relationship with Michiko and her son.
