潘金莲新传

　　死于东京皇家饭店电梯里的美国黑人青年被人发现后，警方展开调查，从死者遗物中，知晓其名叫焦尼，并推断其来日目的是为找寻生母。根据种种线索，警方来到某温泉，发现知情人已被杀害，但还是知晓了知名服装设计师八杉恭子（冈田茉莉子）当年曾与一美国黑人士兵在此同居之事，遂派警官栋居（松田优作）前去美国向纽约警察肖夫坦（乔治•肯尼迪）求证。　　求证过程中，栋居陷入历史记忆与民族情结中，几欲将眼前的美国人尤其肖夫坦与当年在日本犯下罪行的刽子手混为一谈，但终回复理智完成了任务，将八杉恭子圈定为凶手，而八杉恭子不过也是历史的受害者。

　　The bizarre and mysterious suicide of the Wendolyn’s patriarch brings the dysfunctional, pharma family back together. While the family members squabble over their dwindling inheritance, an ancient curse preys on their greed and arrogance. The Wendolyn’s made billions on painkillers, but no drug can kill the pain that they’ll soon endure.

　　George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the "Chivers" a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.

　　座落冲绳的「Hotel Hibiscus」，虽然名为酒店，却是只有一间客房的古旧民宿。里面住着小三女生美惠子和她的家人。美惠子活泼好动，每天和朋友一起去探险。某日，美惠子放学回家时，遇到了倒在地上的青年，并把他带回Hotel Hibiscus…　　导演中江裕司继《Nabbie's Love》四年后的新作，《Hotel Hibiscus》继续以冲绳为舞台。电影改编自Nakasone Miiko的同名漫画，描写小三女生美惠子的冒险和成长。饰演美惠子的蔵下穗波是在3千名冲绳小学生中挑选出来，合演者包括平良Tomi、冲绳民谣歌手照屋政雄、余贵美子等。