A popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

坂本拓也（井上孝幸饰）上的本町小学附近有另一所小学，不知为何接连发生了小学生的连续杀人事件，消息传到本町小学，学生之间议论纷纷。 　　拓也的妹妹—夏美（前田爱饰）的班上同学，问钱仙凶手是谁，钱仙的回答是「花‧子」。小朋友们直觉想到“鬼娃娃花子”。“鬼娃娃的花子”是一个传说 住在厕所裏的幽灵，而根据钱仙的预言，下一个受害者正是夏美，并且“花子”明天就会现身…… 　　夏美立刻跑去拓也的班上，找拓也求助，没想到拓也不当一回事，把夏美赶回去。夏美只好和同学浩志一起回家，途中到一位非常漂亮的女孩，向他们问到本町小学的路。 　　这名美少女叫作水野芽子（河野由佳饰）。第二天刚好转学进入拓也的班上，成绩优秀的芽子，不久在班上即大受欢迎，有一次，芽子被班上的加奈子与小绿撞见从谣传的“花子”出现的厕所裏出来，从此竟被同学们怀疑是“花子”，只有拓也一直护着她。 　　在这之后，有一天，拓也与芽子一起打扫饲养著山羊的小屋。在拓也为了拿学级日志到离开到职员办公室时，加奈子和小绿正好在走廊。突然她们看到眼前出现一大片血迹，吓得拔腿就跑，没想到混身是血，拿着镰刀的芽子，就站在前面……

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.

《蜘蛛女》：社会上突然流行蜘蛛女的传说，周刊杂志编辑山崎在大量的信件中发现端倪，他认定这一留言来自这个叫神谷的地方，于是启程前往调查，却踏上了一条诡异的不归路；《隙》：作家朋友清水失踪，身为保证人的小寺来到清水租住的公寓调查，他从好友留下的录像带中寻找蛛丝马迹，怪事突然发生；《牺牲咒》：OL大木真由某天早上收到一份奇怪恐怖的礼物，从好友玲子的口中，她得知科长福田会诅咒拒绝自己女孩的传言。这令真由心忧不已；《金发怪谈》：公司职员石黑赴美公干。借住董事别墅期间，一心期待与金发女郎共度春宵的石黑却遭遇一个金发女幽灵；《死亡凶兆》：某金融机构小职员俯川盗走公司客户名单，准备卖钱后和情人私奔，他在电梯中遭遇了分外诡异的三个人。