GOZEN is a jidageki (period piece) dramas. The word “gozen” refers to a feudal game held in the presence of a Daimyo, described as a match “one must not lose”.
Ms. Miwa
A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a "Madara the Devil". He was somehow hired for killing a cat named Tamanojo. Just before Kyutaro slashes on Tamanojo, he realizes that Tamanojo looking into his eyes and said "meow". But why?
Ueto Aya's is Juri Tatematsu. She's blind like her husband. They give birth to a child, despite fears and opposition from their parents. Raising the child, Juri keeps pushing herself towards her dream of becoming a professional musician. She made her dream come true.
Kazuko Ohno
脳みそが抜き取られ料理されるという、猟奇連続殺人事件が発生した。遺体や現場の状況から検屍官の赤城によって、犯人は体重100キロ、握力150キロ以上、しかも料理が得意な人物と目された。事件を担当した捜査一課の早瀬刑事は、犯人像とは似ても似つかないと反対する飛鷹警部の意見を押し切り、事件の3日前に美術館に出かけたまま行方不明になっていた女子大生・柏木千鶴を容疑者として捜索を開始。だが、彼女もまた脳みそがない状態の死体で発見されるのだった。しかし、事件はそれで解決した訳ではなかった。その後、同じような事件が若い会社員・木村敦や警察病院の医師・笹本美奈によって引き起こされる。早瀬は、以前担当した事件の犯人だったキャバクラ嬢の朝子に、真犯人は人間ではない何かだと助言を受けるが、彼女もまたその何かに体を乗っ取られてしまう。そして、その何かとは「悪意」だった。
Nobuko Kataoka
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hits a young woman with his car and flees in panic. He confesses to his wife, Yoko, who persuades him to keep quiet as his arrest would mean the end for their already troubled family. Their daughter is having an affair with a married man, their son is being bullied and refusing to go to school and their grandfather is becoming more difficult. Yoko urges the family to move the car into the living room in order to destroy the evidence by taking it apart. Hiroshi finally decides to do the honest thing but a series of bizarre incidents then ensues...
