Tsutomu Takeshige

Three contemporary stories inspired by the everlasting emotions expressed by the precious dolls of Bunraku theater. Three stories delicately intertwined by the beauty of sadness. Three stories of undying love. (Palm Pictures)

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano... (imdb)

From the mind of 'Vampire Hunter D' creator Hideyuki Kikuchi comes a new film about a group of children that dissappears, only to return one rainy day 35 years later! A reporter following the story of a child's corps that has mysteriously been rendered free of it's internal organs is drawn to a small town where he learns the story of group of elementary school students who disappeared 35 years ago. The people tell him to 'stay inside when it rains out of season, you'll get drunk in by the rain.

Torihada 3 consists of six stories: 1. A sweet invitation is an invitation to death, 2. Causality of noise and silence, 3. The whereabouts of the disguised murderous intent, 4. Misunderstandings and truths in concepts, 5. The shiness caused by greedy love, 6. A heartless ending that deviates from common sense.