你看桌子上都是你流的

Byeong-tae (Yoon Mun-seob), a philosophy major at Y University, goes to a group blind date and meets Young-ja (Lee Young-ok), who studies French literature at H University. The young men and women of the 1970s, who have grown up under the influence of a rapid influx of Western culture, agonize over college issues, family conflicts, and their future paths in life. But such struggles are self-derisive, and they can see no tomorrow waiting for them. Between Byeong-tae and Young-ja, there is no promise of love, of any kind. They simply meet, and exchange meaningless conversation. Meanwhile, Yeong-cheol (Ha Jae-young), who always rides a bike and declares every time he drinks that he will set off in search of a whale, has feelings for another girl he met on the blind date, named Sun-ja (Kim Young-suk). But Sun-ja rejects Yeong-cheol, who stammers, has no prospects, and was even turned down for military duty due to health reasons, and he falls into despair. With nothing to look forward to, Byeong-tae and Yeong-cheol head to the sea. Yeong-cheol, who boasted that he would catch a beautiful whale in the East Sea, commits suicide, and Byeong-tae enlists with the military. Young-ja comes to see him off, even though she said she wouldn't see him any more, and the two of them kiss through the open window of the train that will carry Byeong-tae away.

明治政府建立二十余年，新时代虽已来临，却似乎与人们心中——尤其是维新志士心中的那个理想国度相差甚远。国家仍处在大时代的动荡惶恐之中，战争的阴影仍笼罩在日本的上空。当年的浪漫剑客如今纷纷尘埃落定：弥彦成长为正直善良的剑客；左之助也少却了青春孟浪，变得沧桑；剑心的儿子剑路同样拜入比古清十郎的门下，誓要成为绝世高手，却与父亲分外隔膜；剑心接受政府的任务赶赴大陆战场，为了赎回前半生的罪过而疲于奔命，逆刃刀从此封存，家中只留下病弱的阿薰苦苦等待。这不再是关于明治剑客的浪漫谭，这是一个英雄迟暮的哀婉诗篇……

歌舞伎町是一个鱼龙混杂危险的地方。某天一辆运钞车被劫，犯罪者龙一（竹内力 饰）及其同伴是当年二战后返日的中国残留孤儿后代。在身份不被认同的祖国里，他们行走于社会边缘，无恶不作。克尽职守的警官城岛（哀川翔 饰）接手此案，经过仔细调查，案情逐渐浮出水面。在一次警匪枪战中，城岛痛失搭档井上（寺岛进 饰），小龙之弟（柏谷みちすけ 饰）亦中弹身亡，两人仇恨愈深。小龙为弟报仇，杀害城岛家人。痛失妻女的城岛辞去警官职务，开始了对小龙一伙人的猎杀追逐……本片为三池崇史1999年黑帮犯罪影片，“生死格斗三部曲”第一部。

失业在家的范国生（刘青云 饰）残忍地杀害了妻子（叶璇 饰），这件事震惊了全香港，而他随后被诊断为有精神疾病而逃脱了法律制裁。医学才俊周明杰（黄晓明 饰）主动承担为范国生的主治医生，极力帮助其治疗。三年后，周明杰力保范国生出院，重回社会，这遭到了医学界的一致反对，但是周却执意坚持。可是新的毒贩凶杀案又接踵而来，警方又再次把目标锁定为范国生，与此同时，周明杰的未婚妻宝儿（薛凯琪 饰）遭遇了死亡威胁，强大的压力让周明杰无法喘息。如何拯救爱人，拯救事业？真相到底是什么？精神病人究竟能否被治愈？新一轮的自我救赎悄然开始。