خلاصه داستان : قتل یک زن جوان باعث تأمل در مورد زشتی و شرارت جامعه مدرن می شود.

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.

خلاصه داستان : یک پرونده قتل وحشتناک حل نشده، سه داستانِ به نظر غیرمرتبط از سه شهر مختلف ژاپن را به هم وصل میکند....

A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.

خلاصه داستان : در یک پارک در یک غروب بارانی، یک دانشجوی 19 ساله به نام فومی، چتر را به دختر 10 ساله خیس به نام ساراسا می دهد.

On a rainy evening, 19-year-old university student Fumi Saeki happens to meet 9-year-old Sarasa Kanai in the park. Kanai Sarasa is soaking wet. She is separated from her parents and lives with her aunt, but she tells Saeki Fumi that she doesn't want to go back to her aunt. Saeki Fumi takes Kanai Sarasa to his apartment and they live together for the next 2 months. Saeki Fumi is then arrested for kidnapping. He is labeled as a dangerous kidnapper and Kanai Sarasa is labeled as a poor victim. 15 years later, Kanai Sarasa and Saeki Fumi happen to meet each other.

خلاصه داستان : در روزهای افول شوگان،جوبی کاماتا شمشیرزن سابق شوگان،تحت فرمانی شورشیان بیشماری را به قتل رسانده و شهرت زیادی در کیوتو بدست می آورد.پس از سقوط دولت او نقش زیادی در تعیین جانشینی بازی کرده و سپس بدون هیچ نشانه ای ناپدید می شود تا از دستگیر شدن توسط دولت جدید جلوگیری کند و...

Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880s. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is about to be finished, Jubei disappears. 10 years later, Jubei lives with his kid in relative peace. He is barely able to make a living. Protecting his dead wife's grave, Jubei has decided to never pick up a sword again, but due to poverty he has no choice but to pick the sword again. Jubei becomes a bounty hunter.