Sang-il Lee

A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

A young woman's murder provokes reflection on the ugliness and villainy of modern society.

A rainy evening, a student aids a soaked girl who avoids home. He lets her stay, forming a bond until his arrest for kidnapping. Years later, they reunite, battling societal stigma as victim and perpetrator.

The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.