On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.

故事发生在19世纪中叶的日本德川幕府时期，位于镰仓的东庆寺得到幕府的支持，可以向饱受苦难婚姻折磨的女性施以援手，帮助他们成功和夫家断绝关系。这一日，不法商人堀切屋三郎卫门（堤真一 饰）的小妾阿吟（满岛光 饰）以及被混蛋丈夫（武田真治 饰）残酷剥削的铁匠阿茹（户田惠梨香 饰）结伴来到东庆寺，并且认识了寺脚下御用宿柏屋主人源兵卫（树木希林 饰）的外甥信次郎（大泉洋 饰）。信次郎是一名见习医生，他利用医术尝试着治疗阿茹的烧伤，同时希望记录下女性们的遭遇写出传世剧本。有着不同背景的女性们相继前来，她们共同站在了人生的岔路口上……
本片以井上厦的小说《東慶寺花だより》为参考改编而成。

Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for his paintings, including numerous bugs and cats. A sweet and heartwarming day begins for Morikazu, who gazed at these garden creatures on a daily basis for over three decades, and those who love him.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.

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.

Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi but was instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police are having a hard time solving the case. There are no clues, and a connection between the dead woman and the missing renter is not forthcoming. The only hint is an item found near the corpse, but it complicates matters because it makes the file personal to one of the detectives assigned to the murder.

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

宁静的山村进入雨季。村中的老伐木工人岸克彦（役所广司 饰）为人古板，与儿子关系紧张。他在上工途中给东京来的新人导演田边幸一（小栗旬 饰）和副导演带路，由此被拉入一部丧尸电影的外景拍摄。在被迫充当临时演员后，克彦竟对电影产生了微妙的兴趣，他开始不请自来的帮助摄制组与村民沟通，开展工作，甚至忽略了本职与妻子的忌日。
突然闯入的摄制组扰乱了山村的平静和克彦的生活，也改变了导演幸一自身。幸一生性腼腆缺乏自信，在摄制组中毫无威信。偶然间他发现自己的丧尸剧本竟为克彦所欣赏，不禁大受鼓舞，两人在数次的泡澡时间里进行了奇妙的沟通。在克彦的帮助下，幸一慢慢树立了自信，电影拍摄也步入正轨。然而临关机前的一场瓢泼大雨再次令拍摄陷入危机，克彦的缺席也令幸一惶恐无措起来……
影片获第24届东京国际电影节评委会大奖。片中两位主演役所广司和小栗旬在现实中亦均担任过导演。