Aya Takeko

Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives next to door to her. Mari can hear them argue or making happy conversations everyday. One night, when Mari comes back home, she sees her next door neighbor sitting in front of his door and shivering from the cold. He locked himself out.

A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment, alienation and confusion mostly due to a lack of dreams and fulfillment of ambition.

All of a sudden, the city is empty with people. Detective Hideyuki Matsunaga is investigating a kidnapping case. Hideyuki's wife Eri is expecting a baby, but right after the delivery, the baby is kidnapped. For the sake of his baby, Hideyuki desperately tries to recover his broken relation with his wife, but he cannot get a clue. He starts thinking the baby was spirited away by a ghost. He is seized with fear. He looks up to the sky, there is an unearthly aurora swaying to and fro.

On March 11th 2011, a massive earthquake strikes eastern Japan. Shoko (TAKEKOU Aya), who works at a shoe store in Tokyo, is unable to contact her boyfriend Masashi (ISOBE Yasuhiro) who lives in the worst-hit region. As aftershocks continue, she finally gets through to his brother who tells her that Masashi has become mentally unstable. Despite her desire to go to his side, she is urged to break up with him for her own sake. As Shoko struggles to come to terms with her feelings for Masashi, he suddenly appears before her...

Quand la belle Kanako, lycéenne populaire et sans histoire disparaît, sa mère fait appel à son ex mari, flic alcoolique, pour qu’il retrouve leur fille. Mais celui-ci va découvrir que sous les apparences, l’univers de l’adolescente est plus trouble qu’il n’y paraît…

Le photographe coréen Baehwan et l'employé japonais gay d'un hôtel Ryu travaillent ensemble sur une série de photographies. Leur relation oscille difficilement entre l'amitié et l'amour, alors qu'ils luttent également contre leurs propres cicatrices internes. Leur salut vient de leurs photographies qui les aident à trouver le sens de leur vie.

Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.