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[ synopsis ] No.1
A 12 year-old little girl named ASAHI attracted to THE PANDORA'S BOX.
A kidnapping group of 4 guys of lovable characters, OHSAWA, KEIGO,ROWDY, and MARU.
A president of a company, a nurse & a high school girl shut in a luggage carrier of a small truck.
A flock of crows in a big city, TOKYO...
An unemployed middle-aged guy with a pipe... little crazy with anger.
A small candy box containing candies wrapped with black paper and...
Everything that seems to have nothing to do with each other gets entangled as the story develops...
The film comes to an end, which no one expects.

[ synopsis ] No.2
This film begins by a 12 year-old little girl named ASAHI ,
attracted to an illustrated book of THE PANDORA'S BOX,
trying to kill herself by jumping off to the road.
Meanwhile a group of 4 guys of lovable characters,
OSAWA, KEIGO, ROWDY, and MARU, who act as though they are a flock of crows in a big city,
TOKYO, kidnap a president of a company,
a nurse & a high school girl in a luggage carrier of a small truck just to amuse themselves and not for ransom money.
...Suddenly their truck makes an unexpected stop and a middle-aged guy with a pipe...
little crazy with anger, appears in front of them...
Kidnappers' initial plan goes wrong because of his appearance and their relationships,
which seem to have nothing to do with each other,
little by little get entangled as the story develops
and a luggage of a small truck becomes full of various feelings just like THE PANDORA'S BOX.

...The film comes to an ending, which no one expects.

[ director's statement ]
This film is about what human true nature is all about.
The story mainly takes place in a small truck, which is full of mixed feelings of man's greediness for anger, sadness and envy at a tensed atmosphere.
It seems like The Pandora's Box.
What happens in the end?
I hope everyone enjoys how the story in the film develops.

[ SHIRO TOKIWA biography ]
After working 3 years for TV commercial production companies, began to work as a freelance creative director in 1999.
I directed TV commercials, animations, music videos, and sequences of films.
I designed a CD Jacket of YOSUI INOUE, a nationwide famous musician.
This film is my first feature-length effort/directorial debut.