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A 12-year-old boy's bond with his mother changes when his mother starts going out every night while his father is away.

A discriminated assistant director decides to remake a bran-new love movie. But the contingently-rewritten script awakens real ghost which possesses the actor and and causes death of field personnel.

After gathering for their grandfather's funeral, family members carrying their own circumstances reunite after a long time and step forward into the future as a true family

Gondo used to be a teacher, but then he felt compelled to add a hidden camera to his repertoire of checking out others, was caught and fired. The adventure is still haunting Gondo who is dating a short-haired hostess now. Kanichi works at a tissue factory. Gondo and Kanichi meet and the latter naps the girlfriend from the former.

A spoiled grandchild of a wealthy businessman, Takeshi, wanders around the grasslands of Mongolia with an unexpected companion upon his grandfather's request.

At a high school reunion six former class-mates are happy to catch up. The encounter is shattered when a bullet flies in and kills one. This is followed by a text message from Natumi who has been dead for seven years. It asks, 'who is the criminal?' The event that unfolded at that time come back into focus.

Noboru Ueda who runs a real-estate agency out in the country is doing quite well. He is a sales shark. He lives with his daughter Nana. They have continuously moved to accommodate the father's job. He wants her to move to Tokyo now, but she is a teenager with hormones and wants to stay.

Human rights for sexual assault and child abuse victims are global concern that is not only in addressed in Japan but throughout the world. From his debut, Director Masato Ozawa has continued to create films which shine a light on these serious social issues. In his previous work "Remiges," Ozawa expressed the struggles of a girl and a boy who have been victims of violence with a fresh perception and won "Best Picture Prize" at the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival. With his works Ozawa have quickly gathered acclaim as one of Japan's up-and-coming director. For "Lost Serenade" Ozawa challenged to depict original sin and redemption through a direct approach towards sexual violence also known as the 'soul murder.' Starring rising stars, Nori Sato and Uwa Ishibashi who poured their heart and soul into their characters, actors who shared Ozawa's passion in this theme, Yota Kawase, Asuka Kurosawa and Jun Miho also supported the film.

Freelancer Kamata Maro, a self-proclaimed detective, works part-time at a restaurant in Kyoto. With Gennosuke, a clumsy fighter, and Kenta, a hacker, Maro is asked by his favorite cabaret girl to find her missing father.