Synopsis for Hideyuki Hirayama's Family of Strangers (Heisa byôtô: sorezore no asa) from Toei International Sales (Toei Company Ltd. / Tôei K.K.): "Family of Strangers takes place in a psychiatric hospital in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, where all the patients are dealing with their pasts. Hidemaru Kajiki (played by comedian Tsurube Shôfukutei) was sentenced to death for killing his mother and wife, but a mistake was made during the execution, and he survived. Chûya Tsukamoto (Gô Ayano) was once an ordinary office worker, but started hearing voices and acting violently, and is now shunned by his sister and her husband. Yuki Shimazaki (Nana Komatsu) is a high school student sent to the hospital due to her truancy from school. The three live far removed from their families and the rest of the world, and are trying to live happy, cheerful lives. Then one day, someone is murdered at the hospital, and everything changes. Hidemaru committed the murder... but why?"