Producer
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.
Producer
Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male friend at her leather-working class, Yoshinori has a fit. This is on top of the myriad of odd clients that he must appease.
Producer
At an all-girls school, a group of girls prepare for a stage performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard".
Casting
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Casting
함께 CF 촬영을 하던 배우 부부 이노우에 와비스케와 아마미야 치즈코에게 치즈코의 아버지가 갑작스럽게 심장마비로 세상을 떠났다는 소식이 전해진다. 본가가 아닌 그들 부부가 살고 있는 이즈에서 장례를 치르자고 고집하는 장모의 제안에 따라 장례식을 차례 차례 준비해나간다. 문상객들로부터 고인의 살아 생전 이야기를 듣기도 하고, 와비스케의 내연녀가 찾아와 소동을 일으키기도 하면서 우왕좌왕 생전 처음 겪는 장례식을 치뤄나가던 그들은 장례식 마지막날 장모가 왜 이곳을 장례 장소로 고집했는지 깨닫게 되는데...
