Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to tell his father, Osamu, that his girlfriend is pregnant. His father curses him out, but he is also excited to have a grandchild. Osamu has a party to celebrate the news, but, at the party, he collapses and goes to the hospital. Eikichi struggles to make his father happy.

名不见经传的漫才艺人德永太步，在热海的烟花大会上偶遇前辈漫才艺人神谷才藏。德永答应为对方著书立传，由此得以拜入神谷的门下。神谷的搞笑天赋固然令人折服，此外他极具感染力的人情味更是将德永深深吸引。面对这名诚挚的弟子，神谷终于敞开心怀，倾囊相授…… 由漫才师又吉直树小说《火花》改编 。

Seven women aged between 40 and 80 join the Leaf-Watching & Grand Mythical Waterfall & Hot Spring tour. The women chat, pick berries, take photos and generally enjoy themselves as they follow their unreliable guide to the waterfall. Then the guide disappears, leaving the women stranded in the woods. Thrown into an experience far removed from their ordinary lives, they become reflective. An open casting call was held to search for seven women over the age of 40. Acting experience was not required. Director Okita's screenplay comes to life when the cast's unique presence and talents combine with the characters.

女優でモデルの菊池亜希子が編集長を務めるムック本「菊池亜希子ムック　マッシュ」（小学館刊）から生まれた企画で、自ら「豆大福バカ」「一日一豆大福がモットー」と公言する菊池のあふれる豆大福愛を詰め込んだショートムービー（本編20分＋メイキング映像10分）。世の中の誰もが3時のおやつを希望に生きる、おやつ至上主義の時代。来る「おやつ総選挙」を目前にマカロンやショートケーキ、すあまなど、個性豊かなおやつ候補たちが選挙活動を繰り広げていた。そんな中、豆大福選挙事務所はなかなか伸びない支持率に頭を悩ませ、そのせいで豆大福候補と秘書の関係も悪化しはじめていたが、ある男がやってきて……。「横道世之介」の沖田修一が監督、前田司郎が脚本を担当。

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

2013 film by Shūichi Okita

2009 Japanese film directed by Shūichi Okita