Ran Taniguchi

30 décembre 2017. Deux ans avant les Jeux olympiques de Tokyo, en raison d'une révision de la Constitution, une force de défense nationale est créé au Japon et entreprends des opérations militaires. Un chien se perd dans une usine d'incinération, mais Tani ne l'y retrouve pas. Dans l'usine, Yanais décroche les décorations de Noël et les remplace par celles du Nouvel An. Gou, accro aux jeux de survie, vient à l'usine pendant la nuit pour jouer avec Ken, et Adachi les regarde pour tuer le temps. Tous partagent les mêmes problèmes : grossesse, adultère, problèmes familiaux et un ami mort à la guerre.

Director Nakamura is mesmerized by a piece at the Teshima Art Museum called "Matrix," a major work about the mysteries of existence by the artist Naito, and she goes to cover her work. However, Naito calls off the shoot in the middle, saying that her creations are getting lost because of the filming. There, the film turns a new corner to depict the women who gather at the "Matrix."…

This three-part omnibus spins tales about love featuring surreal characters like ghosts and eccentrics.

In a distant future, humans make the switch to android life. They abolish 'flaws' such as complicated human needs and traits such as the ability to possess and express emotion. However, a system glitch causes 'desire' to resurface in some, including Kai (Rinko Kikuchi; Pacific Rim, Babel), an android shoe-maker. Kai begins to feel an obsession with her craft, like what human beings used to have. One day, an android customer orders Kai to create a special pair of heels. Shut in the atelier, Kai remakes the shoes over and over again until it's perfect. When the customer returns, Kai finds out that one shoe doesn't quite fit. But just as Kai promised to put more work into the pair of shoes, another customer comes to demand her own special pair too.

12 years ago, Hideto crippled his younger brother Masato in an accident in the woods. Hideto had avoided Masato ever since, but meets a physically healed but emotionally wounded Masato when he visits home one day. This Masato gets him to face the accident. Hideto then goes to meet the real Masato.

Toru, a high schooler, decides to leave his grandmother's home in the mountains and moves in with his aunt. There he meets three sisters at his welcome party. On his way to his new home, he is struck by one of the sisters' beauty. A boy who spent his life quietly like a plant starts to take action on his own.

A girl and a man in a library - they talk about a story that is like warm milk. Years later, the man sets out to find the girl, because he has a story for her.