Norikazu Sakuraba
Am I really the daughter of a thieves family? Hana Mikumo, daughter of the "L family", a family of thieves, unexpectedly falls in love with Kazuma Sakuraba, the son of a family of police officers. She spends her days dreaming of a normal life whilst hiding her true identity. Eventually her true identity is revealed to Kazuma, and after overcoming many difficulties, the two accept their fate and get married. Along with their new daughter Anzu, they manage to live happily, despite the problems that arise between their two families. Then one day, Hana's father announces his plan to retire from thievery after an incident. To make up for all the trouble he has caused Hana and Kazuma in the past, he offers them a late honeymoon trip. However, the trip actually turns out to be the last job of the "L Family", who are in search of the biggest treasure in history, and it becomes a grand adventure that reveals a family secret that even Hana does not know...
Periods are depicted as pink, heart-shaped sentient beings that harass women on a monthly basis, delivering awful gut punches, but also offering a shoulder to cry on.
Bank Manager
В то время как в окрестностях Токио находят трупы девушек, два молодых балбеса знакомятся на улице с ещё одним. Вместе они задумывают снять фильм, и в процессе к делу подключаются две девушки - бывшие одноклассницы с непростым прошлым. Как вскоре выяснится, обе они встречались с мошенником Дзё Муратой, про которого наши герои и решают делать кино, но после личного знакомства вся компания оказывается под его неослабевающим влиянием.
Ikeda
Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his hometown. One day, their mutual friend Eisuke returns from a long military operation and their reunification brings back both pleasant and painful memories.
Director Bito
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
Inspector Chiba
Inspector Totsugawa of the First Investigation Division goes to Tsuruoka in Yamagata to attend the wedding of the son of Inspector Mukai, his former colleague who now works for the Yamagata Prefectural Police. While sightseeing at Mt. Haguro after the ceremony, he notices a young woman drawing him in her sketchbook. She introduces herself as Yuka Shiraishi and says she came to draw the Dewa Sanzan. Signing the drawing of Totsugawa next to the five-story pagoda with her initial, a 'Y' in the corner, she gives it to him as a present. The next morning, the corpse of a young woman who has been stabbed is discovered in a forest in Tsuruoka. When Totsugawa, on his way back, hears that a sketchbook signed with a 'Y' was found at the scene, he follows Mukai there. However, the body is not Yuka, the woman Totsugawa had met, and while no items pointing to her identity are found, the sketchbook is the same one Yuka had the day before.
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.
Twenty-year-old Kaori, an aspiring accessory designer, spends her days troubled by her mother's violence and excessive meddling. Meanwhile, forty-year-old secretary Kaori, whose daughter is a shut-in, can't stop shoplifting and having casual sex.
Detective
Сати, жене популярного писателя Отани, приходится не только воспитывать сына, но и спасать семейный бюджет от вреда, нанесенного расточительным мужем. Чтобы выплатить его долги, она поступает на работу в бар. В нее влюбляются два постоянных клиента — молодой Окада, поклонник творчества ее мужа, и адвокат Цудзи, в которого она прежде сама была влюблена. Отани мучается ревностью, у него творческий кризис. Он предлагает своей любовнице Акико совершить двойное самоубийство…
Truck Driver
As a child, Kyoko learned latin dance from Jose, a Cuban-American serviceman stationed in Japan. Years later, Kyoko travels to New York to see Jose again. After much searching, she finds Jose, only to discover that he is dying of AIDS and no longer remembers much of his past, including the time he and Kyoko spent together.
Эдо конца XVIII века – мир веселых кварталов, театров, лавок, торгующих фривольной литературой и живописью; мир высших правительственных сановников, мир цензуры, запретов и казней. Куртизанки, живущие, словно в позолоченной клетке, в квартале Ёсивара; художники, там же черпающие свое вдохновение; актеры кабуки – все они пользуются невероятной популярностью у горожан и вызывают непримиримую ненависть властей. Посреди этого красочного, шумного, пряного карнавального водоворота неожиданно вспыхивает звезда яркого и самобытного художника Тосюсая Сяраку.
