相貌平平的中年人李良（任达华 饰）行走在熙熙攘攘的闹市街头，平凡无奇的外表无法引起任何人的注意，然而他的内心却深藏着鲜为人知的黑暗的秘密。李良来到警局自首，他坦承自己是一个连环杀人犯，只不过他杀人的理由和动机引人深思。对他来说，杀人并非残忍剥夺他人的生命和生存的权力，而是给他们以救赎。当年李良的老婆为血癌所折磨，极度痛苦之际选择自杀结束生命。这一事件令李良倍受打击，在此之后他有意关注网络上各种自杀新闻。既然自杀会令绝望的人落入永远无法解脱的无间地狱，那么为何自己不伸出援助之手帮他们一把？这样想着，李良开始行动。他接受各类受困之人的委托，带他们跨过生与死的界限。他从没想过，如此极端乖张的做法会将自己和他人带向何方……

The Kinema Junpo critics were, of course, mistaken to think that Naruse had abandoned his emphasis on women. His next film, Sincerity, features two strong female characters, played by Irie Takako and Murase Sachiko, each of whom have a daughter. The girls are schoolmates, but one (Nobuko) is from a middle-class home and the other (Tomiko) is from a poor family. Tomiko's mother Tsutako (Irie) is a single mother who works from home as a seamstress, while Nobuko's mother lives in an elegant home with her husband, Kei. Eventually, it is revealed that Kei had a romantic relationship with Tsutako, and may be Tomiko's father as well, but he is conscripted shortly after this revelation and goes off to war.This is very much a home front film, in which the women are involved in supporting activities, and the whole town cheers on the new recruits. As Kei is a banker, he is conscripted as an officer. He is introduced brandishing a magnificent sword, indicating his readiness for his call-up, for which everyone congratulates him when it comes. The wartime context is little more than a backdrop to the story of paternity and former love. The complex emotions among the women are conveyed through cutting on eye movements and eye lines, and through the use of the pastoral location.

“骨受之于父，血受之于母”。20世纪20年代，年轻的朝鲜人金俊平（北野武 饰）随无数同胞从济州岛飘洋过海来至日本大阪。底层艰苦的生活令金俊平养成粗暴蛮横的性格，他强行占有了寡妇英姬（铃木京香 饰），然而家庭并未改变他的行事风格。金俊平，这个连黑道都惧怕三分的男人，以其强悍的作风统治着妻子、儿女乃至整个朝鲜人聚集区……本片根据梁石日同名自传体小说改编，并荣获2005年日本电影学院奖最佳女主角（铃木京香）、最佳导演、最佳剧本和最佳男配角（小田切让）四个奖项；2005年蓝丝带最佳男配角奖；2005年电影旬报最佳男主角（北野武）、最佳导演、最佳剧本和最佳男配角（小田切让）四个奖项；2005年每日电影最佳男主角、最佳影片、最佳男配角（小田切让）和最佳女配角（田畑智子）四个奖项。

故事讲述了因为一场车祸失去双腿的童松（邵庄 饰）与技术顾问安宁（安宁 饰）、安全顾问梁猛（大牛 饰）合伙开办保镖公司。不料保镖团的第一单任务就遭遇不少意外，在各方势力暗流涌动之下，童松抽丝剥茧与罪犯展开斗智斗勇……