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Episode #7 – Confessions (告白)
Yuko Moriguchi was a doting single mother and a junior high school teacher, until the day her daughter, Manami, was found dead in a pool. The police ruled it a drowning, but Yuko discovered a far more sinister explanation—Manami was murdered by two of her students. But due to the juvenile law, even if she went to the police, she knows the students wouldn't be punished due to their age. Instead, Yuko sets into motion a chilling plan of psychological torment in order to avenge the death of her daughter.
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Episode #6 – Audition (オーディション)
Seven years after the death of his wife, music producer Aoyama thinks about taking his son's advice and getting remarried. But without being sure how to go about it, his movie producer friend suggests holding an audition. Aoyama is immediately drawn to Asami Yamazaki, a young woman and former ballet dancer. But he quickly learns she has a dark past...and horrifying tendencies...
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Episode #5 – Initiation Love (イニシエーション・ラブ)
Set in the late 1980s. Suzuki has just graduated from university and moved to Tokyo for a new job, far from his girlfriend, Mayu. But can their relationship survive the long distance between Tokyo and Shizuoka or the demands of working for a Japanese company? And can Suzuki resist the temptations of his attractive co-worker?
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Episode #4 – Train Man (電車男)
Based on a supposedly true story. When a young geek defends a woman on a train from a drunken passenger, he has the opportunity to start seeing her socially. But having never dated before and having no real friends, the only place he can turn to for advice is an Internet message board. With their help, he tries to change in order for an opportunity at romance.
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Episode #3 – Shoplifters (万引き家族)
A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The younger and the older of the household are in on the act. The unusual routine is about to change from carefree and matter-of-fact to something more dramatic, however, as the couple open their doors to a beleaguered young girl. The reasons for the family's habit and their motivations come under the microscope.
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Episode #2 – Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語)
Momoko Ryugasaki is the daughter of a small-time gangster that forges Versace brand and a lowlife woman. Momoko is smitten by the Rococo period and dresses in a Lolita style, with frilly dresses and embroidery bonnet. She is raised by her father since her mother divorced him to marry her gynecologist, and he has taught her how to perfectly embroider. When Mr. Ryugasaki includes the Universal Studios brand in his products, he is forced to move to the rural Shimotsuma with Momoko to live in the house of her grandmother. Momoko decides to sell her collection of forged Versace and Universal Studios to make money to buy her expensive clothing. The rebel "yanki" Ichigo Shirayuri visits Momoko to buy clothes and soon they begin the most unlikely friendship.
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Episode #1 – Yojimbo (用心棒)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival gangsters are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both sides to hire him as a bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two in order to rid the town of both criminals.
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