Actors : Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Michiko Kichise, Directors : Takashi Miike,
A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected.
Actors : Shôsuke Tanihara, Yûko Takeuchi, Michiko Kichise, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Directors : Mamoru Hoshi,
A science fiction writer finds out his wife has cancer, and decides to write her a story every day to keep her alive, like a reverse Scheherazade or perhaps to cope with the inevitability of his loss.