Wakayama
에도 시대의 황금기, 유곽지대인 요시와라에서 태어나 오로지 남자들에게 몸을 맡기며 살아 온 기녀 아사기리(아다치 유미). 몸이 뜨거워질수록 더욱 선명해지는 벚꽃 모양의 상처로 손님들의 사랑을 독차지하고 있다. 지역 축제가 열리던 날, 아사기리는 구경 나온 인파에 떠밀려 신고 나온 게다(나막신) 한 짝과 아끼던 비녀를 잃어버린다. 그때 주변에 있던 한지로(후치카미 야스시)의 도움으로 잃어버린 게다를 찾는다. 남자에게 절대 마음을 주지 않던 아사기리는 자상하게 보살펴 주는 한지로에게 운명적인 사랑을 느끼고 그와 함께 하는 새로운 삶을 꿈꾸기 시작한다. 하지만 두 사람의 사랑이 깊어질수록 아사기리와 한지로는 비극적인 상황으로 내몰리고, 벗어나려 할수록 깊은 수렁 속으로 빠져든다. 처음으로 마음을 허락한 남자 한지로와의 사랑을 통해 아시기리 몸에 물든 벚꽃은 활짝 피어날 수 있을까?
Michiko Nagashima
Ren Osugi plays a middle-aged salaryman whose life falls apart when he’s laid off from his job, but finds solace in adopting a stray cat.
Misa Kuroi continues her search for the demon Ezekiel and investigates a strange situation involving a wheelchair-bound doll maker named Ryo.
All set to enjoy their day off, three high school friends, Yukino, Asako, and Natsu, board a seemingly normal train... when suddenly, a deafening sound and a flash of light envelop them!....But the three arrive at school the next day as if nothing happened. And yet, something is not right....They see oddly familiar faces, their families are out of sync and they are chased by strange men in black. Plagued by these nightmarish sensations, Yukino flees, only to find herself in front of the amusement park they were heading to on that fateful train ride. Slumping to the ground, Yukino comes to a strange realization....They are stuck between nightmare and reality, between the walls of two worlds that are closing in on them. But which world is real...?!"
On of the southernmost islands of Japan, there's a dance school 'Orion Dancers Academy'. Hiding its public identity as a training school of singers and dancers, it actually operates as a girl-warrior training school, in order to win independence of the island. The secretly trained agents watch the music video of charismatic idol Cocoe on a huge TV monitor, and unlock codes from her dancing to complete their missions. However, the dark shadow of a rival organization slowly sneaks up on the girls and the training school on the island.
Japanese film directed by Masato Tanno.
