A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.

Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular customers such as chilhood friend Saegusa Hiroki who aspires to be a scriptwriter, and talk nonsense, like in their youth. However, they realize this unfettered, comfortable existence will end some day with the passage of time. Then Taro’s ex-classmate, Kimura Reiko, comes back home with her son after a divorce. He and his friends start to notice what is truly important to them as they face up to their pasts, dreams and pains.

故事发生在泡沫经济即将破灭的前夕，白色圣诞节悄然来临。清晨的城东第三中学，洁白无瑕的雪地上惊现一名学生尸体。死者名叫柏木卓也（望月步 饰），是三年二班的学生。他的死令入职不久的班主任（黑木华 饰）忧伤慌乱，而校方则感到前所未有的压力。经警方对现场的检查判断，认定柏木死于自杀。原本事件归于沉寂，谁知数封告发信却激起新的波澜。信中称柏木生前受到同班同学大出俊次（清水寻也 饰）、桥田佑太郎（加藤干夫 饰）、井口充（石川新太 饰）的欺凌，并最终被三人所杀。此后媒体连番恶意解读，家长群情激奋，令这所学校不在平静。作为班长的藤野凉子（藤野凉子 饰）再也无法继续忍受，她决定在校内组织法庭，追查柏木自杀的真相……
本片根据畅销推理作家宫部美幸的经典名作改编。

Ordinary salaryman Hamasaki Mitsuo works for a company which installs vending machines. He complains about his marriage life while at the dentist office. Mitsuo isn't happy at all with his marriage with his wife, Hoshino Yuka, who has the complete opposite personality from him. He doesn't know if he loves Yuka or not. At this time, Mitsuo meets Kono Akari, his ex-girlfriend from his university days, who is now married to Uehara Ryo.

恋焦がれて死んだ美貌の娘の幽霊が、カラン､コロンと下駄の音を響かせ、夜ごと愛しい男を訪ねる、という幻想的なシーンが有名な傑作怪談「牡丹燈籠(ぼたんどうろう)」。
実はこの「お露・新三郎」の怪談話は、初代三遊亭圓朝(さんゆうていえんちょう)による長編落語のほんの一部にすぎません。原作は、お露の父・平左衛門とその忠臣・孝助、お家乗っ取りを企(たくら)む希代の悪女・お国と、その間男(まおとこ)・源次郎、強欲な町人夫婦・伴蔵とお峰・・・。男女の色と欲が生々しく交錯するドロドロの人間ドラマであり、20年にもわたる壮大な敵討ち、因果応報の物語になっています。
最後には「幽霊より人間が怖い」と感じさせる傑作長編愛憎劇を、新たな視点と演出で今回初めて完全映像化！ワイヤーアクションや特殊メイク、チャンバラもふんだんに投入。和製ホラーの決定版を、現代日本を代表する俳優陣でお届けします。

Prize winning journalist, Michiko Takamine receives an autobiographical manuscript from recent suicide victim Sakiko, the daughter of imprisoned serial killer Fujiko. Before publishing the manuscript, Michiko seeks to interview Fujiko in prison to determine its validity. This story of murder and intrigue goes much deeper then Michiko envisioned and has a unique family twist.

Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.

Nagasaki in 1986. Hisada, who lives with her affectionate parents and her younger brother, although there are many quarrels between couples, is a fifth grader who loves Yuki Saito and Exogini. Hisada decides to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins" with Takemoto, whose house is poor and avoided by his classmates. Drowning in the sea, getting entangled in the Yankees, and having a lot of trouble, but as the friendship between the two deepens as a result of this adventure, a sad incident that presages farewell occurs.

大雨瓢泼的都市，邪恶欲望肆意横行。不经意间残忍而血腥的猎奇案件接连发生，有的人被饿犬撕咬而死，有的人被割掉和出生时同样重量的肉而死掉，有的被平均切成两半分送给妻子与情人，有的则被冻在冰柜中永葆不老的青春，更有人嘴里被塞满了大大小小的钉子。正为家庭矛盾所苦恼的搜查一课刑警泽村久志（小栗旬 饰）受命追查此事，随着调查的深入，他发现凶手全系一人所为，而且热衷在雨天行凶作案，之后他更发现所有死者全与许多年前的一起案件有关，偏偏泽村离家出走的妻子（尾野真千子 饰）也被卷入其中。争分夺秒的追查，凶手已对泽村亮出獠牙……
本片根据日本漫画家巴亮介的同名原作改编。