Sanae Miyata

Two best friends, Mieko and Makio, end up working a part-time job at the same place. At their new job, they meet a university student, Eiji, who ends up falling for Makio. Despite everyone around them being against the relationship, Mieko decides to watch over them as they grow, and their bonds and relationships gradually change.

University student Keisuke returns to his hometown during his summer holiday and takes a part-time job at a run-down movie theater. However, his boss Ruka, a projectionist who lives on the premises, has not set foot outside in three years, and always falls into a deep depression on Mondays. Keisuke feels himself becoming attracted to the mysterious Ruka, but...

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…

Yuto Kobayashi é Ryo um garoto de 16 anos cuja vida não está sorrindo para ele. Ele cresceu órfão e foi tentar ganhar a vida trabalhando em uma loja de conveniência desde que sua mãe foi hospitalizada com uma doença prolongada. Incapaz de se sustentar sobre os seus magros rendimentos, ele tem que recorrer sorrateiramente ao dinheiro da caixa registadora e rouba bolas de arroz para se alimentar. Hábitos que o levarão a ser demitido. Justamente quando parece que as coisas não podem piorar, sua mãe morre e ele está preso à uma pesada fatura do hospital e às despesas do funeral.

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers!

Kobayashi casou-se e pensou em viver em Tóquio como violoncelista em uma orquestra, mas a falta de público levou sua equipe ao fim. Sem saber o que fazer, o rapaz decide voltar para sua cidade natal e tentar conseguir um emprego; procurando no jornal se interessa por um anúncio que oferece bom pagamento e pouco trabalho, ser um "nokanshi", coisa que ele desconhecia. É contratado imediatamente na sua entrevista de emprego e se assusta ao descobrir que seu novo trabalho é preparar mortos para a família prestar a última homenagem.

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

Remake of Kurosawa Akira‘s Ikiru

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

Fujio e Mitsuo, dois perdedores, que trabalham numa fábrica de extintores e passam os dias discutindo e desperdiçando tempo. A dupla sonha em se tornar campeã em jiu-jitsu e passam muito tempo treinando. Um dia acabam matando seu chefe por engano e o enterram numa montanha que mal sabem ser um depósito de lixo tóxico onde são desovadas hordas de zumbis comedores de carne.

Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that when they call to make ransom demands, the people state that their daughter died a year ago, so who the hell do they have in their custody? The kidnappers are holed up in an old school, turns out it was the school that Mitsuru used to go to and it's now abandoned. Or, SEEMINGLY abandoned.

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2004 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Koroshiya desu no yo (It's a Hitman, You Know) - starring Mizuki Alisa. 2. Jibun-counsellor (Self-counsellor) - starring Inohara Yoshihiko. 3. Be Silent - starring Watabe Atsuro. 4. Sasoimizu (Pump-priming) - starring Harada Taizo. 5. Saigo no Hitotoki (The Last Moment) - starring Nagasaku Hiromi.