Miwako Kawai

Japanese drama set in a southern Kyushu island where dance-troupe leader Shinji (Shinji Arano) stays on as his touring troupe departs. After Shinji moves in with an old man (Nobuyoshi Tanigawa) cared for by his granddaughter (Reiko Matsuo), he becomes an apprentice to the old man's construction of a wooden boat

Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.

ノーテンキな男・中沢龍二はひょんなことから陸上部に入るハメになるが、自己流の走りで800m走で好記録を連発する。ライバルで進学校に通う広瀬健治は同じ800m走のエリート選手。そんな健治に、昔健治と同性愛の関係にあって自殺した陸上選手の元恋人で足の不自由な少女・杏子が近づいてくる。一方、龍二はハードルの選手・伊田翔子に一目惚れ、猛アタックをかけるが…。