Mitsuru Hirata

A man sets out on a quest to find his estranged daughter in Osaka, but instead finds himself swept up in an adventure with a brash punk girl.

Celebrating his successful comeback as a teacher after being out of work for many years, Manabu goes to a sexual massage salon to treat himself on New Year's Eve; however, he has a subarachnoid haemorrhage and needs to go through brain surgery.

Former detective Nezu no Hamakichi becomes a toy merchant while his ex-boss's wife joins the Yakuza for money, leading to a tragic and deadly feud.

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends spend the summer going on dates with older men for money. Armed with only a cellphone, Hiromi sets out to date enough to purchase an expensive topaz ring before the mall closes for the day.

When a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Pacific Ocean near Japan, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility risk everything to manage a reactor leak.