The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.

2013 film by Yuya Ishii

1958 film by Shōhei Imamura

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.

竹田明夫自幼是問題少年，但溺愛他的母親深信他到三十歲時必能成就一番大事業。頭腦簡單、自以為是的明夫對這說法深信不疑。二十歲，他甫脫離假釋官的監護，就在胸口刺上一朵牡丹，認定自已將來必是重要人物。明夫先是在酒吧任店長，並和吧女三千代同居，過著安穩的生活。後來，他突然辭去酒吧的工作，改以代人追債為生，同時對三千代也日益操控，終於令三千代離他而去。三十歲快到了，明夫一步步策劃他的大事，直到三十歲生日一過，明夫持槍闖進了銀行……高僑伴明執導了超過五十部色情片之後成功轉型的作品，根據真實案件改編，以冷靜寫實的筆觸，刻劃了一個可笑復可憐的反英雄故事。

2007 film by Joji Matsuoka