Bankoku

A woman wielding a knife breaks into a production company that specializes in making paranormal documentaries. After injuring one of the employees, she reveals that her purpose is to “save humanity”. Apparently, she has become a true believer in a conspiracy theory claiming that humanity will be wiped out unless a certain videotape is returned to the right place...

A man who works at a popular Chinese restaurant is asked advice from a female co-worker regarding her son being bullied at high school. As a result, he becomes involved with the woman's son and his long, lost father. Meanwhile, a woman who is an actress in a small theatre troupe meets a manga artist's assistant at a get together and smoothly ends up living with him at his apartment.... The first half of the film focuses on the Chinese restaurant employee played by director OKUDA Yosuke himself and the young high school boy. The second half develops around the female actress and while these two are vastly separated, their stories subtly intertwine leading to an unexpected conclusion.