A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened.

Street racers challenge each other to exceed the current speed record held by the F1 racer. However, in order to break the record of the Megalopolis Express Freeway, you need to have "luck" in addition to a high-powered street-machine and driving technique. And you must be able to conquer the "Devil’s Curve". Racers bet their dreams and their lives against one another in a dangerous game of speed.

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?

20世纪80年代中期，位于北海道的寒冷小镇函馆，生活着一个美丽迷人的女子。拥有俄罗斯血统的混血女子野田薰（伊东美咲 饰）肌肤如雪，貌美如花，俨然是这个小镇上一道靓丽夺目的风景。薰和偶然邂逅的渔夫赤木邦一（佐藤浩市 饰）相识相恋，最终远嫁邦一所在的小渔村南芽部，过起了夫唱妇随的渔民生活。
表面平静幸福的生活掩饰不住薰内心的孤独，她和邦一毕竟是两种类型的人，彼此之间的隔阂越来越深。与粗鲁豪放的邦一不同，弟弟广次（仲村亨 饰）温文尔雅，善解人意。在哥哥的婚礼上他已经深深迷上了美丽的薰，此后更见证了兄嫂失败的婚姻。两个失意痛苦的人儿最终结合，但那又是一段注定破灭的爱情……

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.