일평생 남부럽지 않게 잘 살았다고 생각했던 히라타에게 어느 날 아내가 느닷없이 이혼장을 내민다. 40년을 넘게 지금껏 살아왔는데 이제 와서 청천벽력 같은 황혼 이혼이라니… 큰아들 코이치는 긴급 가족회의를 소집하고, 가족들이 모두 정신 없는 와중에 하필이면 막내아들 쇼타가 결혼을 약속한 노리코를 소개하기 위해 집에 데려오게 되는데… 평범하기 그지없던 가족에게 닥친 인생 최대의 위기! 우리 이대로 괜찮은 걸까요?
형사인 니시(기타노 다케시)와 호리베(렌 오스기)는 야쿠자 소탕 전문형사 콤비이자 친한 친구 사이. 그러던 어느 날, 니시는 딸을 잃고 아내가 시한부 판정까지 받게 된다. 잠복 근무 중 동료들의 호의로 니시가 아내의 병문안을 간 사이 불의의 습격을 받은 호리에는 불구가 되어 가족들에게 버림을 받는다. 게다가 호리에를 습격한 범인이 니시를 따르던 후배 경찰까지 죽이자 이에 분노한 니시는 그 자리에서 마지막 총알까지 다 퍼부으면서 범인을 죽인 후 경찰직을 그만둔다. 한편 아내의 치료비 때문에 큰 빚을 지게 된 니시는 경찰을 사칭하여 은행을 터는데...
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a company founded specifically to take advantage of emergent sound technology. P.C.L. worked in collaboration with a brewer’s firm, Dai Nihon Biru, who met the production costs of the film in full, and whose products are featured in the film in an example of the sophisticated and modern merchandising typical of the studio’s early work. The film is partially set in a beer hall, and its story concerns a beer seller at a train station and her relationship with a music student trying to create a hit song. Director Sotoji Kimura was to become a company stalwart, making such films as Ino and Mon, while actress Sachiko Chiba would emerge the studio’s first real star, appearing in such films as Wife Be Like a Rose.
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance. Considered to be a lost film.
This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things don't work out for our roguish main character, but his classmates soon find themselves in a similarly sorry state...
