Makoto Tanaka

A troubled teenager who is about to kill herself has a life changing encounter with a female vampire.

Compilation of the four short films in the Extraneous Matter series.

A couple's relaxing trip to a remote lakeside resort turns into a nightmare when they unknowingly become entangled in the resort’s bizarre belief that its water can purify human souls.

Michio Enomoto (Tappei Aono) is a painter who has never achieved success with his works, making his living instead of a part-time job collecting garbage. Yet, he was satisfied with such a life. One day, he meets with Sachi Tomita (Makoto Tanaka), a woman who says that she likes Michio's paintings, and the two of them begin dating. These happy days inspire him to dream of success as a painter, but his paintings fail to sell. Feeling frustrated, Michio goes to work and happens to discover an abstract painting that is completely different from his own style being thrown away while collecting garbage.

Miko Uda works as an attendant for a merry-go-round at a shopping mall and as a mascot. Miko believes in people to the utmost but has been rejected by every man she has ever given herself to. Unable to become the only one for someone, Miko spends her days alone on the merry-go-round.

Osaka. It is the summer of a year before university graduation. Nao Soma, an art student aspiring to become a photographer, leads a photography-centered life. Sayo, Yamada and Tada, who also study photography, are turned on by Nao, but recognize her talent and support her. They are faced with life choices and are sometimes hurting each other and sometimes encouraging each other in their confusion. Nao's passion for photography forces them to make various choices. After graduation, the four begin their own lives. They meet again after four years and learn that Yamada has disappeared.