除夕之夜，位于东京的高级酒店Avanti进入最紧张忙碌的时刻，倒计时晚会在即。副总管新堂平吉（役所广司 饰）、新堂的助手登纪子（户田惠子 饰）、清洁女工竹本花（松隆子 饰）、酒店小工只野宪二（香取慎吾 饰）等等，员工们无论职位高低，全都马不停蹄，布置准备。与此同时，丑闻缠身的国会议员藤田（佐藤浩市 饰）、夫妇同来却意外遭遇有瓜葛妓女的动物学家堀田（角野卓造 饰）等客人和压力过大企图自杀的演歌名宿德川（西田敏行 饰）、丢失了鸭子拍档而无法演出的腹语师阪田等状况不断地表演人员纷纷进入，加上层出不穷的小事故，令Avanti酒店显得格外嘈杂。新年到来之前，酒店最恶的两小时，倒计时开始……

红卫兵在全国掀起的极左运动令时任国务院总理的周恩来（王铁成 饰）忧心忡忡，周恩来在国家危局中挺身而出，维护贺龙、陈毅等老同志、老战友。为了保证国家建设周恩来力促鞍钢恢复生产。1966年邢台地震，他赶赴一线督促重建。七十年代中美开始了多个层面的接触，周恩来会见基辛格，在接见美乒代表队时笑谈嬉皮士，促进了两国关系的正常发展。1971年，周恩来着力粉碎了林彪团伙颠覆国家的阴谋。长期的高强度工作，令周恩来身体每况愈下，体内查出了癌细胞。周恩来带病回到老区延安探访，当地民众贫穷的生活令他无法释怀，指派北京专家帮助延安脱贫。四人帮的活动日益猖獗，周恩来力主邓小平、叶剑英回到重要岗位，与四人帮继续周旋斗争……

福建沿海一个不起眼的小镇，偷渡之风屡禁不止。为了一圆美国发财梦，当地人倾家荡产，甚至为此丢掉性命。镇上名人二弟（段龙 饰）也曾是偷渡大军中的一员，当年他成功踏上美国的土地，并和当地开饭馆的同乡的女儿生有一子。然而这件事却导致他美国梦的破灭，愤怒的老丈人向移民局检举，二弟最终被遣返回国。回到家乡后的他百无聊赖，沉默压抑，只有当巡回演出的越剧团到来时，团中的美丽旦角（舒砚 饰）才令他感到短暂的宽慰。不久，二弟在美国的儿子福生回国省亲。在哥哥的劝说下，他终于鼓起勇气前去探望儿子。然而，势利的老丈人却以法律为由禁止这对父子见面。思子心切，二弟不惜铤而走险……

Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spends his days pitching stories to offbeat agents and executives who are anything but impressed. Not that he has run out of ideas, they just don’t seem to go anywhere. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag – that one is going down the drain. Little does Kato – or anyone – know that life is about to take some seriously weird turns.While out to buy the special brand of food for his girlfriend’s dog Cerberus, Kato discovers an abandoned convenience store that transforms his trajectory. A stumble into a refrigerator catapults him into a realm of fantastical inspiration boosted by an eccentric couple he meets along the way. Might this be the key to getting his mojo back?Miki Satoshi (Adrift in Tokyo, What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?) returns with a surreal and quirky indie film that manages to be both charming and deeply philosophical. Teaming up with Japanese cinema expert and notable critic for The Japan Times Mark Schilling (Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000), Convenience Story takes you on an eccentric Dantean ride brimming with psychological tension and the zest of karma. From the purgatory of writer’s block, to a hell of an adventure, Kato’s journey is a satisfying and thoughtful tale.源自：