Kuzoku

Hisashi was once a member of a motorcycle gang. Now he plays pachinko everyday with his live-in girlfriend, Junko. He has a habit of "huffing" paint thinner. His debts accumulate every day. Hisashi's old friend from the gang, Ozawa is a loan shark. He persuades Hisashi to join his easy-money-making.

To address the social crisis, Chiken - a buddhist monk - throws himself into various tasks such as a suicide helpline, in his temple in Yamanashi. In Fukushima, his old mate Ryûgyô - whose temple was wrecked by the tsunami - lives in a portacabin and works on construction sites.

Bangkok, 2015. Ozawa, a Japanese man who had nowhere to go, meets Luck, a woman has reached the height of her glory on Thaniya Street, a place that flourishes by servicing only Japanese men. Through a trip to trace the scars of colonialism, they look for paradise that we had lost.

Dié Mèi and Ace are like brother and sister. One became a pop star in Taipei while the other joined the mafia there, even betraying members of the Amis tribe to which they both belong. After the death of her mother, Dié Mèi loses her voice and questions her career. Ace, seeking redemption, must confront attacks from his former gang. Like in the Amis myth of their childhood, they both try to escape the deluge.