Kippei Shiina

One day, a boy's body is found again under the same bridge. The case is eerily similar to Masaki's case from 22 years ago. Haru has a connection with the deceased boy. Akira meets Haru while investigating the boy's death. By meeting each other again, the three men face the case from 22 years ago that they buried deep within their minds.

Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That suspect was previously arrested for another girl's murder, but he was released due to a lack of evidence. Detective Shunpei Kusanagi investigated the prior murder case. The same suspect was then released due to a lack of evidence for the most recent murder case. The released man returned to his town, where everybody hated him. On the day of the autumn festival parade, the man was killed. Physicist Manabu Yukawa, Detective Kaoru Utsumi and Detective Shunpei Kusanagi work together on his case.

Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which is the movie version of the TV drama "Sherlock" broadcast on the Fuji TV series in 2019.

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.

Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi to a new high school and basketball team. Expectedly, the basketball team is not the best. The team will have to soon play against the team from the school Yoichi was in before.

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.

Лихие кино 90-е вместе с их прямыми и правильными боевиками возвращаются благодаря экшн триллеру Джулиусу Нассо про мальчика-сироту, которому спустя много лет выпадает шанс отомстить за смерть матери, уничтожить могущественную мафиозную группировку и спасти от ужасной участи невинных молодых девушек. В 1988-м Токио видел множество крови и преступлений, одним из которых было убийство проститутки бойцом взбирающейся наверх преступной организации. Как водится, полиция не стала из-за презренной жрицы любви идти на конфликт с якудза и дело быстро закрыли, сдали в архив и забыли. А 8-летний Джейк, ради пропитания которого несчастная женщина продавала свое тело, не забыл лицо убийцы матери. Сирота скитался по детским приютам и воспитывался на улице и подворотнях, где нужно было драться, чтобы выжить. Сирота достиг в этом большого мастерства в уличных драках, превратившись в настоящего профессионала рукопашного боя...

Главный герой – американец, который провел большую часть Второй мировой войны как военнопленный в Японии. Он остался там после войны, изучил особенности местной культуры, ритуалы и происходит невиданное – он единственным человек со стороны, который стал якудза, членом всемирно известного преступного сообщества.

Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.

Продолжаются попытки учеников выпускного класса укокошить своего классного руководителя с другой планеты.

A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota (Ryosuke Yamada). The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.

Shizuto Sakatsuki (Kengo Kora) is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Yukiyo Nagi (Yuriko Ishida), who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows him from that time. Other people that exists in their lives are Shizuto’s mother Junko who is terminally ill with cancer and waits for Shizuto’s return, his younger sister Mishio who is pregnant by her now ex-boyfriend and a magazine reporter who chases after Shizuto. The movie examines life and death, love and hate and sin and forgiveness through these characters.

A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Otsuka’s busy schedule and other priorities, he refuses to take the case. Lacking a proper defense, Kiriko’s brother is eventually convicted of murder, and dies in prison. From that point on, Kiriko is determined to take revenge against Otuska.

История о сиротах из Маньчжурии, находящихся в лагере беженцев. Каждому из них постоянно приходится бороться с холодом и голодом.

Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain deductive skills needed by detectives. Because of this Reiko relies on Kageyamaa to help her solve cases. Meanwhile, Kageyama isn't afraid to mince words and often calls out Reiko with his sharp tongue!

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States. Saya Toma is assigned to work unsolved cases in the Public Security Bureau. Meanwhile, because of Satoshi Chii's scheme, Juichi Ninomae considers Saya Toma his parents' enemy and tries to push her to the edge. Satoshi Chii's scheme has also caused Saya Toma and Juichi Ninomae to forget that they are brother and sister. The siblings are headed to a life-staking fight. A girl named Maho Ueno becomes involved in their fight. To protect Maho Ueno, Saya Toma uses "spec".

Сая Тома — женщина-детектив с IQ 201. Такеру Себуми детектив-карьерист с выдающимся послужным списком. Вместе они отлавливают преступников, обладающих специальными способностями (SPEC), которые сумели ускользнуть от наказания. Тайна раскрывается, когда находят неизвестные тела на крейсере в море. Сая Тома и Такеру Себуми вовлечены в расследование по этому по делу.

Конец 30-х годов прошлого века в Японии — время экономического кризиса, страшной безработицы и нищеты, политической нестабильности. Страна неуклонно двигалась к войне. Адмирал Ямамото, командующий императорским флотом, был одним из немногих, кто считал, что начинать войну с США нельзя. Ранее он не поддерживал ни вторжение в Маньчжурию, ни войну с Китаем. Его позиция вызывала гнев националистов и милитаристов. Они ненавидели Ямомото и угрожали ему. Адмиралу ежедневно грозила опасность стать жертвой покушения. Одновременно он был безгранично популярен во флоте, а также пользовался покровительством императора. Несмотря на его убеждения и предупреждения, когда война со Штатами стала неизбежной, именно Ямомото разработал план нападения на Перл-Харбор, в результате которого американский флот понес огромные потери.

В фильме речь идет о секретном полицейском отряде, члены которого не брезгуют ничем, чтобы справедливость восторжествовала.

Popular TV screenwriter Mayumi Taniyama suffers from the dreaded writer's block. When producer Masaya Mukai asks for a screenplay written for him, Mayumi Taniyama offers to write one if he falls in love with her.

В безжалостной борьбе за власть несколько кланов якудза оспаривают расположение Крестного отца. Главари поднимаются по иерархической лестнице в организации, не пренебрегая заговорами и лживыми клятвами верности. Опытный якудза Отомо наблюдает за развитием карьеры своих товарищей: оставив позади замысловатые татуировки и отрубленные пальцы, они штурмуют мир финансов. В мире коррупции, где царят предательство и месть, ни на минуту не прекращается борьба за достижение вершины или просто за выживание. Это — мир, где героев не существует…

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

История наемного убийцы, который вынужден защищать дочь одной из жертв от преследования ЦРУ….

A woman is forced to choose between her unborn child or medical treatment for re-occuring breast cancer. Shizuku, a talented surgeon, gets pregnant. In the past ten years of her marriage, she hasn't expected a baby because of breast cancer when she was young. She is pleased for the good news with her husband Ryosuke. However, soon after that, she has a relapse of breast cancer. This is the final chance for 38-year-old Shizuku to have a baby. However, she won't be able to raise her baby after the birth. Should she give up the baby and concentrate on medical treatment? Or should she give birth to the baby even if that may shorten her life? Shizuku is afflicted with the ultimate decision. Her life is filled with difficulties, but in the end, there is a big hope remaining.

Это было смутное время. Шла война между тремя могущественными кланами: Ямана, Акидзуки и Хаякава. В ходе сражений союзный клану Хаякавы клан Акидзуки был полностью истреблен войнами клана Ямана. Последняя представительница клана Акидзуки принцесса Юки вместе со своими спутниками пытается пробраться к союзникам и одновременно перевезти очень ценный груз.

A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.

Летние каникулы Каору начались с того, что ее мать ушла из дома. Сейчас, через двадцать лет, когда младший брат женится, она понимает, как много значило то далекое лето в ее жизни. В их семью вошла новая женщина, Ёко. На первый взгляд она кажется вульгарной и невоспитанной. Курит сигареты, хохочет по любому поводу, катается на велосипеде, позволяет Каору пить запретную кока-колу и слушать модные песенки. Постепенно между Каору и этой странной женщиной, так не похожей на ее мать, зарождается дружба. В конце лета мать возвращается, Ёко исчезает из жизни Каору, но ничто не проходит бесследно…

***Sainou-dama A talentless young musician receives a spam email advertising "Talent Balls"--three lollipops which when eaten will awaken your hidden talents and turn you into a savant. However, what awakens within him turns out to be far from what he expects. ***Virtual Memory A women is understress at her job and goes to a store that offers her a machine that allows her to live other peoples memories. What happens when she starts selling hers? ***Funsadan Kyouiku A new teacher finds that her pay is based off her popularity with the students, so she starts to create problems for herself to solve. ***Gozen 2-ji no Chime A writer gets a call at his front gate every day at 2 am, but no one believes him. And then a murder happens and none of the cameras pick the criminal up. ***Kaisou Densha An old man revisiting memories on the subway.

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.

История восхождения маленькой деревенской девочки на пьедестал красавицы Хигураши-ойран, которой восхищались все без исключения. С детсва она обладала не простым нравом, что вызывало много сложностей и провоцировало появление завистников и недоброжелателей. Но, не смотря на это, красавица-куртизанка смогла подняться до статуса ойран, оставив позади всех конкуренток. Постепенно, она становится самой популярной женщиной Квартала. Богатый и влиятельный самурай изъявляет желание выкупить ее и сделать своей женой. О чем еще может мечтать куртизанка? Но вот есть одна проблема…. она беременна и с ребенком расставаться не хочет.

Манабу Ядзаки оказался плохим бизнесменом. Потеряв все, он возвращается из столицы в свой родной город Обихиро. Его старший брат Такэо управляет небольшой конюшней, в которой содержат лошадей для «банъэй кэйба» — популярных на Хоккайдо скачек с препятствиями, в которых лошадей запрягают в тяжелые сани. Такэо не простил Манабу за то, что тот уехал из родного города и бросил мать, страдающую старческим слабоумием. Манабу видит отражение своих неудач в судьбе лошади по имени Унрю – от нее тоже хотят избавиться из-за плохих результатов. Он отдает ее на попечение женщины-наездницы, которая пытается оправиться после провала на скачках. Работа в конюшне, будничные заботы и радости, знакомства с новыми людьми, все это помогает Манабу взглянуть в лицо своим слабостям и начать новую жизнь.

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.

1614 год. Япония, наконец, объединилась под властью первого сёгуна Токугава. Генноске из клана Кога и Оборо из клана Ига остаются последней надеждой двух деревень, разрываемых трагедией беспрерывной мести. Их благословенная любовь должна принести мир страдающим ниндзя, населяющим деревни.Однако заговор Токугавы снова сеет вражду между ними. Генноске выступает в защиту мира, а Оборо выбирает сражение как средство разрешения конфликтов. И теперь, когда им предстоит встретиться как врагам, смогут ли они сохранить свою божественную любовь?

Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.

Куилл — милый озорной щенок ретривера — недолго наслаждался беззаботной жизнью у своих хозяев. Когда ему исполнился год, он попал в руки опытного инструктора, сделавшего из него замечательную собаку-поводыря. Куилл становится верным спутником полуслепого мужчины по имени Ватанабэ. Человека и пса связывает искренняя и глубокая дружба. Они будут счастливы, пока не придет день, который разделит их навсегда.

Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic past...

Сакума - успешный бизнесмен, занимающийся делами стоимостью в несколько миллиардов иен. В одном из его проектов заказчик Кацураги Кацутоси отказывается от услуг и Сакуму отстраняют. Гуляя с чёрными мыслями у дома Кацураги, Сакума видит, как из дома сбегает девушка. Он с знакомится с ней и узнаёт, что она дочь Кацураги - Дзюри. И внезапно Дзюри просит похитить её…

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin, and stays with his aunt, Setsuko, in Kamakura near Tokyo. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's novel of the same name received the 21st Japanese Cinema Reconstruction and Promotion Award and the 46th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor.

1930-е годы. Над миром медленно сгущаются тучи новой мировой войны. Понимая реальную угрозу японского милитаризма, советское правительство возлагает надежды на одного из своих лучших агентов, гениального разведчика Рихарда Зорге. Член германской компартии, знающий важнейшие секреты нацистов, Зорге под видом немецкого журналиста прибывает в Японию. Его цель - выяснить тайные планы этой загадочной и агрессивной страны. Начинается одна из самых опасных и трагических разведывательных операций, поразительные подробности которой становятся известны нам только сейчас...

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable characters who must infiltrate a gay nightclub and "fit in" while they search for clues. What ensues is both hilarious and action-packed. Oboreru Sakana is a rather ambitious and often hilarious contemporary crime thriller. Its narrative swings from the grisly to the humorous and pulls in as many pop culture elements as it can manage.

Преуспевающий элитный чиновник, холостяк средних лет, просыпается утром после очередной бурной пьянки и не может понять, где находится. Над головой шелестят ветви сакуры, а рядом лежит женщина, которую, как ему кажется, он видит впервые в жизни. «Как? Ты не помнишь, что вчера было? Забыл, что мне обещал? Вспоминай Хоккайдо!..» Попытка выяснить, что случилось, приводит к тому, что незнакомые мужчина и женщина садятся в ее машину и мчат на Хоккайдо… Случайная встреча переворачивает судьбы людей, которые заблудились в себе и своих одиночествах.

Two best friends—Tatsuo, a retiring Yakuza member, and Kiyoshi, a cop—travel to the funeral of a woman they both loved.

When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.

На глазах шестилетней Икко, дочери босса якудзы, были зверски убиты ее отец и мать. Она тоже должна была разделить судьбу родителей, но благодаря таинственной женщине-киллеру по прозвищу «Черный ангел» Икко удается ускользнуть от убийц. Девочку переправляют в США, где она воспитывается под надзором американской якудзы. А когда ей исполняется 20 лет, она возвращается в Японию, чтобы отомстить убийцам своих родителей. Теперь уже ее зовут «Черным ангелом»…

Based on real-life events, this erotic thriller tells the sad and sadistic tale of a Japanese geisha whose behavior spiraled out of control.

When I was young, Takato Kuroda took a hand at seeing "Qi" at my grandfather Shigaru who was a great feng shui, but since I closed my eyes with fear, I could not see myself ever since. From the complex with respect to the deceased grandfather, Dragon has developed a software to look at attention with computers, and has an office of management consultant. This summer, Tokyo was suffering from extreme weather which rain continues for over 20 days, and urban function was deprived. One day, a who visited an old shop owner and Suzuki with an introduction of an owner and Yazaki ...

“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.

Masamichi Toyama is a loyal husband with a bad gambling debt. Mobsters out for the money track him down, beating him and raping his wife. Desperate for revenge, he makes himself a sword and sets out to wreak havoc. When he meets the Gonin, a group of five female thieves, his luck only gets worse. Run, Sayuri, Shiho, Saki and Chihiro are fast-shooting, strong-arm women. Not only that, but they're more than prepared to take on an army of gangsters. Unfortunately for them, they stole the ring Masamichi wanted for his wife, and now he's more likely to hunt them than join their cause.

Герои этой картины переступили ту черту, за которой уже нечего терять. И каждому из них позарез нужны деньги: Задолжавший бандитам владелец дискотеки; безработный конторский служащий; манерный вымогатель; сутенер-неврастеник и бывший полицейский… Однажды эти пять отчаянных мужчин решили ограбить гангстеров. И не просто гангстеров, а банду Огоши — одну из самых влиятельных семей якудзы в Осаке. В день налета им улыбнулась удача — дерзкий план сработал. К вечеру в руках грабителей — дилетантов уже была с кровью отвоеванная сумка с десятками миллионов йен. Но на этом подарки судьбы закончились: семья Огоши нанимает двух самых ужасных убийц в городе, от страшной мести которых еще никто и никогда не уходил.

Одна семья японской якудза бьется с другой из-за бизнеса. Один полицейский решает остановить кровопролитие. При этом он действует нестандартными методами: насилует мужчин и женщин, от которых хочет добиться показаний.

An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.

Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.

Kishi is a 37-year-old personnel officer and fairly happy with work, wife and child. But he turns out to be susceptible to a more exciting life. Through his old schoolfriend Daimon he meets the attractive Yoshie and spends a sensational night of love with her. Kishi doesn't want to leave it at one night. On their second meeting, Daimon is also present and this night turns into a sado-masochistic ritual. A suppressed memory emerges in Kishi: once he raped an elderly woman with Daimon. Kishi again crossed a frontier this night and the relationship with his colleague Yuko also breaks boundaries. He slowly realises that his emotional life is taking a direction that he had never dreamed possible; Kishi moves into a new and dark world.

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the armed police, Toshizou Hijikata. Souji suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and coughed up blood during a battle. Toshizou helped her but said that he did not care for the girl with a smell of blood. Souji had a real talent for swordsmanship and no one but Ryouma Sakamoto could compete with her. Ryouma was a liberal intellectual and tried to carry out a revolution without blood. However, the bloody Meiji Restoration broke out and Souji killed Ryouma who lost his dream. Because a friendship had sprung up between Toshizou and Ryouma, Toshizou got angry and slashed at Souji with a sword. Unwillingly, she unsheathed her sword and thought that she might get love if she was killed by the man she loved.

In 1936, Onodera Toshiko, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate, auditioned for the Moulin Rouge theater in Shinjuku to become a star. On the spot, she catches the attention of the manager and producer Sasaki Senri and the theater's leading actress Takanawa Yoshiko, and then she begins working as a theater's member. Based on the true story of Ashita Matsuko (明日待子), a popular Japanese idol in war period.