Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger's life, Kyohei and Toshiko welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. Younger son Ryota still feels that his parents resent that he isn't the one who died; his new wife, Yukari, is awkwardly meeting the rest of the family for the first time. Daughter Chinami strains to fill the uncomfortable pauses with forced cheer.

1945年8月6日上午8点15分，原子弹在广岛引爆，从此改变了很多人的一生。
在图书馆工作的美津江（宫泽理惠 饰）曾亲历原爆，她的亲人们在这场灾难中丧生，而她的心中也留下永远无法愈合的伤痕。美津江与父亲竹造（原田芳雄 饰）居住在一起，每日的生活平实简单。
某天，搜集、研究原爆资料的青年木下（浅野忠信 饰）来到图书馆，他对美津江颇有好感，美津江虽也为这个青年所吸引，却因战争的创伤无法放开心怀接受爱情。经常与女儿谈心的竹造以“恋爱后援团”团长的身份出现，鼓励美津江拥抱一生的幸福……
黑木和雄“战争镇魂歌三部曲”完结篇。

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.

When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.

天才的钢琴师和贺英良（中居正广 饰）在某天夜晚杀死了一个叫做三木谦一的中年男子，并且毁尸灭迹。但是，他在行凶后却撞见了女演员成濑麻美（松雪泰子 饰），两个人的擦肩而过都在彼此心头埋下了种子。女演员虽然家庭不幸，但是却刻苦努力、卧薪尝胆长达12年之久，在她即将在剧团出头之际，却又遭遇横祸，欲寻短见之时，幸好被和贺英良搭救，两人的关系从此更加深厚……
为了查出真凶，刑警今西修一郎（渡边谦 饰）在查案过程中抽丝剥茧逐步挖出了一个案中案，其中不仅涉及和贺英良的真实身份，而且还引发了对“村八分”残酷制度的深刻反思……
本片根据松本清张1960发表的同名小说改编。

『アナザヘヴン〜eclipse〜』は、テレビ朝日系列の木曜ドラマで放映されたテレビドラマ。2000年4月20日から2000年6月29日。全11回。映画と連動する形で放映され、映画の事件と前後する形で事件が起こる内容となる。脳味噌料理に始まる猟奇殺人の映画や原作と異なり、女性の連続失踪事件をテーマにしている。「紫の石」と失踪者が目撃する「黒い男」がキーワードとなる。

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film — a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.