Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Naoya is a young entrepreneur who owns several bars and restaurants in Tokyo. One day, he receives a proposal for an arranged marriage with Mayuri, a beautiful woman from a distinguished family. The two are drawn to each other and begin dating with marriage in mind. However, Naoya discovers that Mayuri was actually planning to marry a wealthy man to pay off the debts left by her father, who had committed suicide after his business failed. He also learns that she had a fiancé whom she truly loved. Despite this, Naoya strives to win her heart...

The Miyoshi family is currently living apart from the father, who is on a solo overseas assignment in Thailand. Their son, Tsubaki, is enjoying juggling relationships with two different women. Then, one day, his twin sister Sakura—who had been studying in the United States—decides to return home for a visit, bringing along her foreign boyfriend. Their mother, Reiko, finds herself fantasizing about having sex with a white man...

2002 release

Natsumi, a high school girl, lives with her older sister, Her life is disrupted when her sister's lover moves in...

Takeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is causing concern. As Takeshi continues to track her, a bond begins to grow between them, a bond which can only end in tragedy...

Mihoko runs Kitanoyu, the public bathhouse left behind by her late husband, Junichi. Suzuki, a liquor store owner and former classmate of Junichi who has long harbored feelings for her, supports her in this endeavor. One day, Mihoko finds a man named Toru collapsed naked in front of the bathhouse; she nurses him back to health and hires him as a live-in employee, despite his amnesia. Toru is occasionally plagued by hallucinations of intimate encounters with a woman—visions in which he has been reduced to the status of a woman's pet. Over time, he finds himself drawn to Mihoko’s kindness, but...

Masako, a widow, runs the local hot spring inn, Aku no Yu, all by herself. Her niece, Ritsuko, has been helping out at the inn since graduating from junior college in Tokyo. Her husband, Ikuo, died in an accident and was condemned to hell for adultery with Ritsuko, and his ghost roams the earth. One day, Kurio, who had been laid off and decided to commit suicide, arrives at the inn. Surprisingly, he looks exactly like Ikuo...

Fearing dead-end futures, abused schoolgirl Alisa and neglected housewife Harumi plan a new life together, bankrolled by a bag of stolen cash. But with an incestuous father and a jealous mother-in-law in hot pursuit, their journey to the other side of the night becomes longer — and stranger — than they could’ve expected.