Shojiro Goto
에도 막부 말기를 주름잡던 사무라이 ‘한페이타’는 ‘요시다 도요’ 암살의 책임을 물어 하옥 당한다. 이어지는 고문에 정신을 잃고 눈을 뜨니... 150년 뒤, 21세기. 이곳에서 ‘한페이타’는 달콤한 초코케익과 아이스크림을 처음 맛보고 감격을 감추지 못한다. 익숙하지 않은 이곳 21세기에서 사무라이는 과연 잘 적응해 갈 수 있을까? 오호~ 150년 후는 극락세계군, 시간을 초월하는 사무라이의 타임슬립!
Akira
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
