Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman

Edo town thief called "Acrobatics boy" has been rampant in town, just that time, spy, Goro of Otaki will see a woman who had been an inside contact of the Yataro by chance. Also, Heizo is worried about the child of Inoue Tatsuizumi, who decided to ask for help for Gen'an.

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Province. Hiding from the rain, he overheard a secret conversation between three men, just like him, hiding from the rain. These three conspired to kill Heizo Hasegawa, the head of the arson and robbery police squad, and the head of these three is the outrageous villain, thief and murderer Jingoro Amikiri...

Life Can Be So Wonderful

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.

Amachan

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.

Mahjong Ghost Side Story: Tokaido Mahjong Unhomed

Sakurai Shoichi meets Nishi, a man who lost all his money in gambling. Attracted by Nishi's personality, Shoichi invites him along on a gambling trip to the Tokaido. Nishi wants to raise money for his son's college entrance fee, so he wants him to play mahjong and win. However, at an inn in Hakone where Nishi is friendly, Shoichi is tricked by the yakuza

Roleless

Miyamatsu, who works as a cable-car operator, is also a film extra. Through his different characters he has been living the life of a stranger, only playing that part. Finally he comes face to face with his own life, the one he had lost. Debut film.

Seiichi Morimura Mystery Special Shuchuchueki Series 37 No Retirement Age

Hand of God

A murder occurs amidst allegations of plagiarism against a veteran writer. Freelance journalist Michiko Kibe delves into the truth. The tragic fate of those consumed by the obsession to write... A new kind of mystery where literature and horror intertwine.

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...

Let's Go to the Hospital

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip rock-paper-scissors with some guy clad only in a pair of boxer shorts and Mickey Mouse ears, he is less than happy. When the stranger tries to make a run for it, a fight ensues between the two men, and they accidentally tumble down several flights of a concrete stairwell. One hurried ambulance ride later, the copywriter finds himself in a private teaching hospital equipped with the latest gleaming gizmos. Mean...