本性难移

　　宁静的山村进入雨季。村中的老伐木工人岸克彦（役所广司 饰）为人古板，与儿子关系紧张。他在上工途中给东京来的新人导演田边幸一（小栗旬 饰）和副导演带路，由此被拉入一部丧尸电影的外景拍摄。在被迫充当临时演员后，克彦竟对电影产生了微妙的兴趣，他开始不请自来的帮助摄制组与村民沟通，开展工作，甚至忽略了本职与妻子的忌日。　　突然闯入的摄制组扰乱了山村的平静和克彦的生活，也改变了导演幸一自身。幸一生性腼腆缺乏自信，在摄制组中毫无威信。偶然间他发现自己的丧尸剧本竟为克彦所欣赏，不禁大受鼓舞，两人在数次的泡澡时间里进行了奇妙的沟通。在克彦的帮助下，幸一慢慢树立了自信，电影拍摄也步入正轨。然而临关机前的一场瓢泼大雨再次令拍摄陷入危机，克彦的缺席也令幸一惶恐无措起来……　　影片获第24届东京国际电影节评委会大奖。片中两位主演役所广司和小栗旬在现实中亦均担任过导演。

　　Kyohei Aizawa, an assassin for a covert non-governmental espionage group in Japan called "SEEK", is grieving over the loss of his girlfriend from a tragic plane accident. The leader of "SEEK",Ryo Mikumo, contacts him for an emergency mission; save a fellow agent, recover a new highly explosive liquid called "RDX@", stop a ruthless Yakuza leader, Sojiro Kotsuki, and his gang before they take over Japan. Although the Ninjas were thought to have disappeared... the new breed of assassins live on helping to protect Japan and all that is right; the Ninjas are coming soon.

　　精神医生Lilian Steiner就自己一个病人的死展开了调查，她相信这是一起谋杀。