机器之血

17岁的苍井空在一家夜总会当女招待，为了挣房租，养活她的小男孩和他懒惰的父亲，他的父亲对打妻子毫无顾忌。然而，现实要变得多么黑暗，才会扼杀透进来的希望之光?

　　故事环绕着一个美国空军基地，它吸引了酒吧和妓院，和当地的日本人，他们需要肮脏的世界来逃避现实的世界，和赚钱来勉强幸存。故事中有一段三角恋情，两个主人翁居住再拆卸的公寓大楼，另一个是当地的强盗。本片以一种罕见的角度来观看战后的日本，中下阶层和罪犯的生活。

　　鬼子的飞机炸死了去镇上卖鱼的爹妈。那年，姐姐大荷花十四岁，弟弟小荷花十一岁。爹妈死后，大荷花担负起照顾弟弟。弟弟逢人就问：“鬼子为啥炸死我爹妈”，没有人能回答他。姐弟俩开始以自己的方式复仇。

　　描绘主人公岛村（高桥一生）三次前往雪国的温泉旅馆，与当地一名艺妓驹子（奈绪），和一位萍水相逢的少女叶子（森田望智）三人间复杂微妙的情感。

　　Emma le Roux just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma. She's made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But not today. Today she will cross paths with Bosman and Baz and Jay. And Boela and AJ and Piet. Bosman is the mastermind of the drug syndicate. A violent psychopath. Baz and Jay are his henchmen - violent dogs on a short leash. AJ and Boela, spoiled brats looking for validation, are on board to make a quick buck in the criminal underworld. And then there's Piet, the weakling, who is willing to do just about anything for his cousin Bosman. Emma witnesses the murder of a policeman at their hands. And they see her seeing them. Now they're hunting her down like an animal. She's easy prey, after all - it'll all be over soon. The problem is, Emma is the daughter of Jacques le Roux. And Jacques le Roux was a Special Forces soldier. The hunt isn't going according to plan. Everything starts falling apart, and fast. At first they were...

　　故事发生在1938年的万圣节前夕，弗朗西斯（杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）曾经是在圈内叱咤风云的棒球运动员，却因为一场意外一蹶不振，只能依靠酒精麻痹自己，最终沦落成为了酒精依赖症患者。
　　22年前，在弗朗西斯最风光的那段时间，和他的名气一起暴涨的，还有弗朗西斯身上的戾气。最终，不加节制的暴脾气酿成了大祸，弗朗西斯不仅失手杀了人，他的孩子还不幸的在一场灾难中失去了性命。如今，穷困潦倒的弗朗西斯带着女友再度回到了故乡，这片他一辈子都无法释怀的伤心地，他希望自己能够在这里重振旗鼓，找到人生新的意义。