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After some misunderstanding, Sakaguchi is hired to make a tourist guide video on Tobako (a fictitious name for Kawaguchi) in the outskirts of Tokyo. This element in the script sparks off a fanciful wandering strewn with unexpected meetings. First with Kitagawa, thanks to whom Sakaguchi landed the job. Then with a seamstress, and then with Yoshino, with whom a half-hearted romance emerges. Thus the narrative unfolds, in halts and swerves, espousing unexpected meetings, and offering the strolling character an opportunity for displacements from one place to the next. The deserted town has come to a standstill - the shooting took place during the lockdown - and this acts as a metaphor for the idleness of the characters. GARDEN SANDBOX is light and nimble, whereas its main character hasa limp. Her demeanour and her stiff body exude a peculiar quality, somewhat comically at odds with the setting.

Yoshino— wife to Ryōichi and mother to Marino—has always cherished her perfect family life. But when her daughter brings home her handsome boyfriend, Haruo, Yoshino can’t help but see shades of her youthful husband in this young meat. His easy laughter and confident stride stir something deep inside her, and she finds herself drawn to his sexy aura. As the house falls silent one evening, Yoshino lost in her own thoughts in the shower when she senses someone behind her—Haruo, quickly apologizing before retreating. Yet the image of her slutty body etched in his mind. Yoshino feels a tremor of shame and excitement ripple through her flaming body. Once the two became irresistibly alone, Haruo sweeps Yoshino into his arms. Her heart pounds as his hands molest her body, unleashing a craving she’s long denied. And just as their lips meet in a desperate kiss, the unexpected sound of Marino’s footsteps sends a jolt through them—threatening to expose the delicious forbidden sexual desires.

This gender-swapped take on the horrific murder case of Junko Furuta shows how Jun Furuta's father tracks down the juveniles who murdered his son to find out why his son had to die and to exact his revenge.

As Morimi Shizuka leisurely sips a hot drink at the front door, a masked office worker on his way to work coughs visibly as he passes by. Shizuka, a practicing doctor, lives with her father Shigeru (Iijima), a research doctor working at a university hospital, and her younger sister Mai, but there is no word on the whereabouts of the sisters' mother. Shigeru has been feeling unwell since the night before, and as she takes a morning bath, Mai blares out loud music with no thought for her father, leaving Shizuka speechless. Mai unilaterally tells her sister that she is bringing her boyfriend home that day, and although Shizuka is concerned about Shigeru, she goes to work. Morimi Clinic is run by Shizuka and nurse Hase Shu (Salmon). However, Shizuka does not at all betray the impression of being laid-back, and in fact, her mood accelerates.

Shizuka, a university lecturer with a dazzling Lucia of the Heisei era who has grown from a girl to an adult, was married to Shinichi and living a happy life. However, except for the lack of sex, Shizuka was frustrated deep down. One day, on the way home from university, she casually looked into the window of a meat processing shop and saw a man and a woman having sex inside. The woman was pushed up by a strong man and moaned like an animal. It was the owner of the butcher shop and his wife. When Shizuka returned home, her desire was ignited and she sought Shinichi, but she also came in an instant. A few days later, unable to forget the scene, Shizuka went to the butcher shop and said timidly that she wanted to buy some meat. The owner of the butcher shop saw through her true feelings and invited Shizuka inside...

Misako Ogura works at a small privately owned shop. When her husband Toshiyuki, who works part-time, has an accident and the shop is left short-staffed, Toshiyuki brings in a young man named Nakajima. Nakajima is a quiet and clumsy young man. Toshiyuki lets Nakajima stay at their house and looks after him in many ways. However, Misako doesn't really like Nakajima. Then, one day...

Haruko and Kohei are a couple on the verge of marriage. Haruko attends a Thai language class once a week, where she finds herself the object of her instructor Sato's affections. Eventually, she begins to question the lackluster sex life she shares with Kohei...

A married Japanese woman's lust for a foreign man only grows deeper... Emiko reunites with her late brother's best friend Alex. The two are instantly attracted to each other, and their desire quickly spirals into an affair. Something about the way he looks at her...

Seiichi is a dentist in an office district. He has two assistants, Yuko and Tomo. Seiichi is unfriendly with male patients, but when a female patient comes, his eyes take on an unusual light, and he collects the teeth of patients he has extracted at home. Seiichi believes that each tooth has its own personality, and he has even won teeth at auctions.

Left alone by his music group, Nakanishi lands in a peaceful but strange village. He laughs and drinks with it's residents until the alcohol seems to have a supernatural effect on him ...