Ein Mann kommt beruflich in ein sehr ländlich gelegenes Dorf. Dort lernt er eine sonderbare Tradition kennen ...

Ein junge Lehrerin liest die Aufsätze ihrer Schüler. Einer berichtet davon, dass er Angst habe, den Hasenstall zu säubern, weil dort ein Schattenmann hause ...

Ein Student kann nachts nicht schlafen. Ein Freund rät ihm, einfach mal Schäfchen zu zählen. Doch das scheint eher das Problem zu sein ...

Ein Mädchen möchte mit Hundehüten Geld verdienen. Ihr erster Auftrag ist weit raus aufs Land ...

Ein Mann verliert seinen Sohn in einem Unfall. Seine Frau verlässt ihn, doch plötzlich wittert er die Seele des Sohnes in einem Pappmaché-Tiger, den die beiden zusammen gemacht haben.

En Mann wacht aus dem Schlaf auf und muss feststellen, dass sich derselbe Tag ein ums andere Mal wiederholt ...

Onkel Gockel ist der neue Bassist in der Band und selbst für einen Punkrocker ausgesprochen seltsam ...

A company man lives happily ever after with his wife and son.

One day, he receives an old wooden horse from his parents' house.

That night, the man begins to wander through a labyrinth of memories...

Ami is invited to her husband's parents' house for the first time.

She is welcomed by her in-laws and her younger brothers, and is allowed to stay at their house for the night.

She falls asleep and is woken up in the middle of the night to be told that they are celebrating her birthday...

Nao is a shy girl who has moved from Tokyo to a primary school in the countryside.

She can't fit in with her class, and is lonely, planting winter peonies in her garden.

When a strange girl comes to talk to her...

Yusuke is invited to go night fishing by Takayuki, his senior at work.

When Yusuke is left alone to buy a drink, a strange old man approaches him and calls out to him.

Yusuke goes back to Takayuki to report the incident, but Takayuki is looking down with a dark face...

Natsuki has recently transferred to Chiaki's class.

One day, when Chiaki is alone with her in the classroom after school, she tells him a strange story about a "monkey match"...

Naoyuki is an art designer at a major design firm.

His junior colleague, Mitsutaka, tells him a strange story about the real reason why cats were not included in the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, and that there are actually people in the world who are in the year of the cat...