When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she leverages her power as director to pursue the romantic connection that fuels her voracious creativity. However, as opening night approaches, jealous entanglements threaten the artistic and ideological aims of the project, as well as the relationship with Haru pulling Naoko from her womanizing ways. Based on her own semi-autobiographical novel Kokan, cult theater director and actress Junko Emoto makes her directorial debut in this playful drama relishing the toil and passion of a struggling creative life on and off stage. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
"Because this is my last chance ..." Saori Nakazawa (Niigaki Risa)'s dream is to appear in an actress and a movie. For her, who lost her father at an early age and protected her sick mother and sister, it was her dream and a tribute to her mother. However, Saori finds out that her mother has no life expectancy and participates in an audition as her last chance.
Tomohiro takes his fiance Machiko to his hometown of Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture to see his family.Tomohiro’s family includes three siblings. His younger brother Takeshi refuses to go to school. His older sister Yumi isn't interested in their family. Younger sister Sayaka has an inferiority complex and has a fear of dating. There's also Satomi who everybody calls Mama and she does all of the housework. Kayoko is called Kaka and she works as a snack bar manager. Narumi is called Haha and she is a high school teacher. Finally, there's their father Shoichiro better known as Chichi. It's an unusual family, but able to exist in harmony. Due to Machiko's appearance, the family becomes shaken.
Каждый из режиссеров выбирает себе букву алфавита и слово, начинающееся на эту букву. Вокруг них и должен строиться сюжет отдельной новеллы. Зрители станут свидетелями самых изощренных убийств по алфавиту от A до Z.
Главная героиня — молодая и красивая каратистка Мегуми. Ее сестренка Аи покончила с собой, устав от издевательств в школе. Чтобы развеяться, Мегуми собирается в лес в компании старых друзей. С ней идут: ее бывший парень Так, большегрудая модель Маки и Наои. Дела складываются неплохо, пока Маки не обнаруживает во внутренностях пойманной рыбы червяка-паразита. Экскременты, в которых находится этот червь, превращаются… в зомби! Друзей атакуют живые мертвецы, которые выбираются один за другим прямиком из сортира...
Yumiko has been invited by her cousin to spend summer vacation in a rural village. Once they arrive, she is mad to feel very unwelcome by the mysterious locals who keep referring to her as "Snake Girl."
