朋友的妈妈:幕后故事

　　一艘出发自二十世纪的宇宙飞船经过6个月的近光速飞行，相当于经历了七百年时间，船长泰勒（查尔登•海斯顿 Charlton Heston 饰）设定自动飞行状态后，飞船最终坠落在公元3978年的一颗陌生星球上。泰勒和两名幸存队员发现该星球与地球环境相当，而且竟然存在没有语言能力靠采集为生的人类，不待泰勒进行进一步的考察，一群具有智能的人猿突然出现将一众人类捕获。原来这颗星球的主人是人猿，人类只不过是供他们捕猎研究的野兽，人猿博士基拉（金•亨特 Kim Hunter 饰）和男友康奈利分别进行着人类行为学和人猿历史的研究，喉部受伤的泰勒暂时失去语言能力，但他的沟通行为很快引起了基拉的注意，在顽固的人猿学术界引发了争议。一直设法争取自由的泰勒不久终于发现了人猿星球的真相……

　　Sheila Hood is an ex-cop whose marriage is on the rocks. Rather than confronting her husband about an affair, she hides surveillance cameras in her home and watches his transgressions, becoming a voyeur of her own life. Her husband, Tom Kale, is an ornithologist who begins an affair with an ex-girlfriend, Merle James, whose beauty and fragility echoes that of the birds he studies. Ray Starling, the charismatic owner of a boutique hotel, is Merle’s lover, and has dealings with her father, Mr James, a powerful oil baron who operates in the shadows but whose influence touches the whole city. Merle’s younger sister, Hazel, is also drawn to Tom, but trapped in Starling’s web of power. Calvin is an cop whose loyalty to his ex partner, Hood, is tested when mounting evidence from her own surveillance tapes connects her and Tom to Starling’s murder, and perhaps even Merle’s mysterious death.

　　教立大学社会学系四年级学生山本秋平（本木雅弘饰）即将毕业，却被毕业论文指导教授兼大学相扑部顾问的穴山（柄本明饰）找去，说他旷课太多不能给予学分，除非他愿意加入大学相扑部。　　秋平别无选择，相扑部里只有一个留级多年、身材单薄的青木（竹中直人饰），相继入伙的几个人情况各异：胖子田中是虔诚的基督徒；大一新生春雄是秋平的弟弟，他的到来纯属被逼无奈。仓促成军的他们在比赛中连连失利，引来众人耻笑辱骂。　　面对嘲笑，他们开始认真训练，希望在下次比赛中获得好成绩，英国留学生斯迈利也加入了相扑部，他们五人将走上什么样的道路呢？

　　孤独的少女米娅沉迷于通过陶瓷手召唤灵魂的刺激，但当她面对一个自称是她死去母亲的灵魂时，她释放了一场超自然力量的瘟疫，并努力决定她可以信任谁，是选择活着的人还是死者？