Glory to the Filmmaker!

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to finally produce a box office hit. None of them work out, but later things take an unexpected turn. Famous director Kitano goes on a quest to shoot the ultimate film for movie-lovers everywhere, but he finds out this isn't as easy as it sounds. He's already troubled since having declared to stop making violent films despite his previous success with yakuza movies. Determined to turn out a hit film, Kitano tries to come up with movies in different genres, including an Ozu-style drama, a love story, a nostalgic story set in the Showa era, a horror movie, a ninja film and a sci-fi picture. None of them work out and he ends up shooting a tale of a ruthless lady con artist and her money-hungry daughter who set their sights on a wealthy man. On screen and off, a series of wacky, unpredictable events soon follow, especially when an unprecedented catastrophe is about to change history. So this time, it's up to the director to not only complete his film, but also save mankind! (official distributor synopsis)