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　　Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...

　　铃木咲子（西田尚美 饰）是一个从小对钱就格外感兴趣的女孩，短大毕业后她闲赋在家，家人一句“既然爱钱就去银行工作”的玩笑话竟促使她真的去银行求职。没过多久咲子沮丧地发现，虽然整日与钱为伍，但它们全不属于自己。不久，她所在的银行遭遇抢劫案，咲子连同500亿日元现金被歹徒一并虏去。歹徒的车子逃入富士树海，结果遭遇车祸引起爆炸，而咲子则和装满现金的箱子一同栽入水中。成功获救的咲子受到英雄般的追捧，那500亿巨款也被认为随同爆炸化作灰烬。然而只有咲子知道，500亿日元仍旧沉睡在树海的湖底。为了找到失落的巨款，咲子不遗余力，却无意中开始了一段别样而多彩的人生……
　　本片荣获第21回日本学院奖最佳新人奖（西田尚美）。