Hiroki Kono

Brooding outsider Mikiro catches Sotoko just as she reaches a breaking point in her claustrophobic rural life. Their encounter introduces an eroticism with a violent edge that threatens to slash apart her toxic marriage with the abusive Atsuya and his web of small town corruption.

Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Japon tente péniblement de se relever et de panser ses blessures. Unique survivante de sa famille, une jeune femme passe son temps enfermée dans le bar délabré qui lui sert de refuge, attendant le client. Un jour, elle voit débarquer un petit orphelin chapardeur et un jeune soldat démobilisé. Entre ce trio atypique, un semblant de vie de famille commence à s’installer. Hélas, les traumatismes de la guerre auront tôt fait d’anéantir ce bonheur fugace...

Kanzaki, a businessman who despairs of life, witnesses a purse snatching by Yamamoto, a young man in the same situation. He asks Yamamoto to drive him to a certain location for a high fee. What is the destination of their painful and strange journey?

Kazuto has a lifelong dream of becoming an actor, but has been suffering from a special medical condition where he faints and collapses when he gets nervous. One day, he encounters his brother, Hiroki, who who he hasn’t seen for years. He invites Kazuto to a talent agency called 'Special Actors'.

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply involved in the lives of the families pained by that secret truth.

Kanzaki, a businessman who despairs of life, witnesses a purse snatching by Yamamoto, a young man in the same situation. He asks Yamamoto to drive him to a certain location for a high fee. What is the destination of their painful and strange journey?