Self
David Thorpe é um escritor que não gosta da própria voz. Ele decide buscar ajuda profissional para mudá-la enquanto investiga a origem do jeito de falar estereotipado dos homossexuais e o preconceito com quem fala assim.
Enquanto tenta recuperar a sua câmera, confiscada pela policia durante as filmagens de uma manifestação estudantil, um jovem testemunha o suicidio de um amigo, que deixa um filme inacabado como testamento. Junto com a amante abandonada pelo companheiro morto, tenta acompanhar os seus últimos paradeiros, mas apenas se perdem no cenário quotidiano, começando a refilmar as mesmas paisagens, tentando penetrar na personalidade do amigo desaparecido, de maneira a compreender o significado do filme-testamento, e por conseguinte, da sua própria morte.
Naoyuki Ninomiya
Japanese youth film.
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, moonlights as a hostess at a bar. One of the regulars, Eiji Kitami, invites her out on a date. Still only 19, she goes along out of curiosity and ends up spending the night at a hotel where she gives herself to him. They begin a passionate love affair and move in together, after which Yoshie begins skipping work at the factory and rarely returns to her family home. Before long, Eiji’s demeanor changes and he begins to constantly ask her for money. Despite claiming to be a businessman, he is actually a local thug, and his inability to pay his dues to his gang leads him to force Yoshie into prostitution.
Hooligan B
On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job after a run-in with some punks, but is offered a job by a gangster impressed by his fighting skills. He tries to make amends with the girl he ravished, but becomes caught up in the ways of the underworld...
Tatsuo's henchman
Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.
É uma história da violência que aborda a delinquência juvenil nas ruas mais marginais de um bairro pobre de Tóquio. O grupo vai diminuindo devido a suicídios, assassinatos, guerrilha entre gangues e acidentes ocorridos quando do seu envolvimento em fogo oposto e tiroteios. Atormentados por problemas de álcool, comércio de sangue humano e drogas, os membros do grupo entram numa viagem sem retorno de desespero e de morte certa.
