A drug deal within Anzai-gumi's territory sparks conflict with the Otsuru Family, leading to the death of the group's secretary, Daimura (Toshiyuki Nagashima). Driven by vengeance, the Daimura-gumi is determined to retaliate. Their lieutenant, Kawabe (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), captures and tortures a member of the Otsuru Family, uncovering that the mastermind behind the chaos is Higashio (Eiichi Furui), Anzai-gumi’s underboss. Enraged, Kawabe prepares for revenge. However, war has already begun. Otsuru Family attacks claim the lives of many young Anzai-gumi members. Amidst the bloodshed, Tachibana (Kazuki Namioka) receives crucial words from Boss Anzai (Koichi Iwaki) about what it truly means to live as a yakuza.
One day, Hikojiro goes to visit Sayo Kujo, an old lady who has been hospitalized. Sayo has been told that she has a year to live by assistant professor Natsuhiko Moriwaki, and insists on returning to the house she was born and raised in. It so happens that Hikojiro will be the one to treat her at home from now on. At the university hospital, Hikojiro runs into a familiar face - Hazuki, the daughter of Tetsuji Tonoyama, the man who taught Hikojiro how to make takoyaki. Hazuki is now a nurse at the university hospital and Hikojiro is surprised to see a strange poster on the hospital bulletin board that implies she's having an affair with Moriwaki. The hospital is currently preparing to elect a new chief surgeon, and the candidates are assistant professors Moriwaki and Shinsuke Noguchi, heads of the first and second surgical department. Both of their factions have been publishing defamatory statements about each other.
One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
For the past 15 years, Fuyukawa Misaki has lived a quiet, reclusive life while keeping her secret well-hidden. With just two months left before the statute of limitations on the murder of her colleague expires, a mysterious man appears in Misaki’s life, who says, “I know your secret.” Is he a friend or foe? The nameless man who claims to know about Misaki’s past does not reveal any personal information about himself, but only says he wants to live with her in exchange for keeping her secret. Hence, a bizarre living arrangement begins. Who is this man and what is his purpose? Meanwhile, conventional detective Kiba is convinced that Misaki is the elusive criminal behind the 15-year old murder case and is determined to uncover evidence to prove his theory. As this peculiar love-suspense drama unfolds, you will need to piece together information to solve the mysterious puzzle of murder while the clock counts down to the expiration deadline.
Sakura was once the female star of a television show about a team of superheroes, but retired from acting after its cancelation and got married. One day, she attends a reunion of the show's cast and crew and crosses paths once again with her red-garbed castmate Kotaro, who she had been secretly attracted to.
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
An executive of the yakuza osako clan leaves the underworld to raise his only son, but a war between the "Kaiyama" clan brings him back.
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Beat Kiyoshi is a Japanese actor born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
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