Ryoko Tateishi

To reward himself for his new teaching gig in Sapporo, 29-year-old Manabu decides to celebrate New Year's Eve with a little treat at a local sex club. On the verge of... climaxing, he's struck by a brain hemorrhage and ends up buck naked at the hospital surrounded by his worried family who want to know how this happened.

Restaurant owner Kenji Nagata has been stabbed to death. When the police begin an investigation, a bag of human bones is discovered in Nagata's car and Detective Kajikawa asks anthropologist Kumiko Misaki to perform an examination. She discovers that the deceased was a man in his mid-twenties and that he died more than 15 years ago. Meanwhile, suspicion for Nagata's murder falls on his apprentice chef Ryohei Miyamura due to the murder weapon being a kitchen knife. Afterwards, Miyamura breaks into Kumiko's lab, but manages to escape...

과거의 영광을 잊지 못한 채 유명 작가를 꿈꾸는 사설탐정 료타는 태풍이 휘몰아친 날, 헤어졌던 가족과 함께 예기치 못한 하룻밤을 보내게 된다. 아직 철들지 않은 대기만성형 아빠 료타, 조금 더 나은 인생을 바라는 엄마 쿄코, 빠르게 세상을 배워가는 아들 싱고 그리고 가족 모두와 행복하고 싶은 할머니 요시코. 어디서부터 꼬여버렸는지 알 수 없는 료타의 인생은 태풍이 지나가고 새로운 오늘을 맞이할 수 있을까?

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna is worried about her father's life after she leaves.

아시하라 히나코의 동명만화가 원작인 작품으로, 부모의 이혼으로 외가로 옮겨와 살게 된 소녀 안이 첫사랑을 하게 되고, 어머니의 자살을 겪기도 하면서 꿋꿋하게 살아가는 모습을 담은 내용

Second television special.

A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya [Snack Bar] Choji with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. Eiji once had a girlfriend by the name of Sayo, but she is supposed to be happily married to a pasture owner in the countryside. Then, suddenly one day Sayo shows up at Choji before opening. Sayo is still in love with Eiji. The story expressively portrays the lives of random Choji customers and the daily interaction between Eiji and Shigeko, while also focusing on the feelings between Eiji and his past girlfriend Sayo.

Film distributed by ATG.

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.