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A story about the sales manager of a major electronics manufacturer who confidentially forms a team to prevent the company from going bankrupt under the company chairman’s direct command. The “reconstructing team” comes to contend with a Japanese skilled technician, the sales manager’s former colleague, who got laid off eight years ago and is now working for China’s largest electronics manufacturer.--NHK World Premium

Ryo (played by Japanese music celebrity UA) has always had an affinity with water. Ever since she was young, important events in her life have been accompanied by rain. She runs a bath-house with her fiancé, until one day, during a rain-storm, he is killed in a car crash. Ryo becomes solitary and isolated, and the bath-house is closed. One day, however, she returns home to find a strange man, Yusaku (Asano Tadanobu - previously seen in Ichi the Killer), in her house. A pyromaniac by nature, his love of fire proves to be very useful to Ryo as he enlists him to keep the bath-house's furnace running. The pair soon enter into a love relationship, and the bath-house flourishes once more. However, Yusaku has a dark past, which threatens to resurface and destroy everything.

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling (the youngest) married Chiang Kai-shek, China‘s leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world‘s fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.