The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The five friends are Eisuke - the manga artist, Shoichi - the singer, Ryuzo - the novelist, Kei - the painter and Yuji – the 5th wheel (?). The friends spend the summer in pursuit of their own ideals of personal freedom - being able to do what they want. In the process of pursuing their dream they learn firsthand that however ideal it may seem, its not as easy as they think.

畠山家的兄弟信纲（池内博之 饰）和直光（小栗旬 饰）自幼感情笃深，直光又与大纳言家的女儿阿古姬（柴本幸 饰）两情相悦。某年，大纳言一家染病暴亡，只留下阿古姬一人。将军敕令，畠山家兄弟如有能娶阿古姬者，将继承大纳言的全部家产。直光童年曾收盗贼樱丸（田中圭 饰）为手下，樱丸从中作梗，令信纲和直光兄弟阋墙，相互厮杀。直光混乱中抢走阿古姬，逃亡途中再次遭到樱丸暗算，随后更遇到大盗多襄丸（松方弘樹 饰）。一番拚杀，多襄丸死在直光手下，却把名号留给对方。从此，翩翩公子变成了名震四方的盗贼……
本片主人公多襄丸取材自作家芥川龙之介的短篇小说《藪の中》，该小说曾被黑泽明改编成经典名作《罗生门》。

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人间体乡秀树的梦想是成为一名出色的赛车手，可这个梦想在第一集中破灭了——乡秀树为了救一个为救小狗鲁莽行事的小孩而不幸被残暴的怪兽杀害。和他共事的挚友坂田（女朋友秋子的哥哥）把他们刚合作完成的赛车点燃以悼念死去的乡。
当乡又复活时所有人都感到不可思议，乡被杰克·奥特曼赋予 了新的生命。此后，他就可以变身成为杰克·奥特曼为保护地球而战斗了。杰克奥特曼是强大的奥特战士，同时也是热爱人类的宇宙英雄。

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.