Masaaki Nakano

Ayumi and her husband, Ryoma, who meet by chance and run a grape farmer together. Every winter, Ryoma leaves his house and fields to his wife and goes to Tokyo to work. In the meantime, Ayumi lives with her mother-in-law, and even if she calls Ryoma occasionally, she always hangs up bluntly. Ryoma had a chance reunion with his childhood friend Chihiro in Tokyo. Ryoma floats to the reunion with Chihiro, who used to like him. On the other hand, Kusakabe, a younger man who was also attracted to Ayumi, appeared. Ayumi and Kusakabe suddenly approach each other, and at some point they cross the line...

Critics’ Picks closing film “The Brothers Kitaura” is, like our opening film, a dark comedy about death. In this case though, it’s not about killing yourself but killing your father. 40-year-old Sota Kitaura lives at home with his father. During a fight, Sota accidentally kills his father. Not knowing what to do, he calls his younger brother Akira for help and what ensues is perfect chaos with many references to Hitchcock’s funniest film “The Trouble with Harry” (1955). As if a dead father was not enough, Akira ends up also killing Uncle Daisuke.

Even after solving the previous case, the Beni Detective Agency's daily life continues unchanged. Then one day, a young man comes to the office who admires Reiji and wants to work there. His name is Yusuke Yanagisawa. The first request that the two of them make is to investigate the disappearance of a sword used in a play. The client is the leader of a troupe of traveling entertainers.

Risa and Takumi were born and raised in Kanazawa. Dating for a year and a half. At the age of 30, the two people around them started to talk about marriage, and they decided to live together. The two, who have become conscious of marriage, gradually notice the gap as they share time with each other. At that time, Risa's feelings changed as a result of an incident with her female friend, Mako, who was consulting with her about marriage.

25 years ago, the Nagiri Brothers—once feared nationwide—lost their family’s backbone when their father, Tsuyoshi Nagiri (played by Kim Sunjin), was suddenly assassinated. “Even as yakuza, we never strayed from the path of humanity. Everyone in the Nagiri family is our comrade,” were the words their father left behind. Carrying on his will, the second son, Kaname Nagiri (Choi Chul-ho), took over the Nagiri-gumi. However, just as the ex-Nagiri member-turned-politician Masashi Fukuzawa (Koichi Miura) is preparing for an election, and Danba Takeshi (Daisuke Nagakura), head of the Tanba-gumi under the same Doushinkai syndicate, is released from prison, a violent incident breaks out—triggered by the drug trade. When their youngest brother Minato (Seiji Fukushi), a respected figure in Osaka, falls into danger, the eldest, Shun Nagiri (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), steps in to save him. The brothers reunite and head to Kaname’s side—just as he’s about to clash with their former allies…