爱情、离别与性爱

　　一位年迈的老警察深信在他小镇上被捕的神秘陌生人是无辜的，进而展开的调查就像捅了马蜂窝一样，将永远改变这个镇子。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　每个火车司机在职业生涯中会撞死20多人，这些死者通常是因为寻死、失误、酒醉或仅仅是一不小心而丧生。伊利亚是一名即将退休的火车司机，他共撞死了28人。他19岁的养子西玛继承了他的工作，西玛非常担心自己也会撞死人，而老司机们都安慰他说，一周内就会发生，但是几周过去后，没有发生一起撞人事故，而这也使得他精神极度紧绷。伊利亚为了帮助他，找到了许多想要自杀的人，让他们跳到车轨上自杀，但是最终这些人都放弃了自杀的念头。无奈之下，伊利亚自己躺在了车轨上想用自身的死来拯救西玛…

 “人生路上步履不停，为何总是慢一拍”。位于偏远小镇的横山一家，生活平静祥和。父亲恭平（原田芳雄 饰）是业已退休的医生，却时时牵挂小镇诊所内的事务。长子纯平继承了父亲的事业，却在15年前为救落水儿童而溺水身亡。次子良多（阿部宽 饰）与父亲意见相左，执意前往异地当起了绘画修复师。多年的打拼换来的却是失业，困顿的良多与带着孩子的由香里（夏川结衣 饰）结婚，相互扶持，继续生活。又逢纯平的忌日，良多和姐姐千奈美（YOU 饰）带着家人分别赶回家中。平静的横山家再次热闹起来……本片荣获2009年蓝丝带最佳导演奖和最佳女配角奖（树木希林）、2008年报知电影和2009年电影旬报最佳女配角（树木希林）、2009年每日电影奖最佳男主角（阿部宽）、2008年马塔布拉塔国际电影节评审团大奖和最佳影片。