In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.

Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino have been playing table tennis together since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game, and how they see it, has changed. Peco, brimming with confidence and energy, wants to be the best in the world, but the reserved Smile has little fighting spirit and doesn't want to sacrifice others' happiness just to win, despite his innate talent. As the two grow, and experience the ups and downs of the sport – and life – they try to figure out exactly who they really are and what drives them to play.

When an ex-ping-pong prodigy seeks the wisdom of a taoist sage, he learns that life - and table tennis - is more about the journey than the destination.

On the south shore of Long Island in the summer of 1982, a group of working-class teenagers and 20-somethings work their summer jobs, fall in and out of love, and wrestle with what the future holds when the summer ends and the real world beckons.

In the 1920s, the unlikely bond between Chinese erotic dancer Lee Ping and an Aboriginal farmhand enables her to escape the clutches of her white employer.

A solitary character sips coffee and ruminates in his haunted basement apartment. A pensive woman wanders suburban streets. A beautiful person smokes, and is unable to change their face at a Christmas party. A picnic descends into a bacchanalian nightmare. A state-of-the-art mall is explored, while another character is drawn into an ever-tightening surreal trap.

When a white lie leads to unexpected results, Chen Chen and Zheng Yuxing forge a deep friendship and must face the harsh realities of growing up.

大海、沙滩、冲浪、泳装美女……生活在海边的摄影师三厨朝日（山下智久 饰）日子看似过的很惬意，可他心中却有一个三年还未解开的结。前女友香澄（长泽雅美 饰）不告而别，而朝日却仍旧无法忘记她；知名餐厅的大厨师千代原夏希（香里奈 饰）在结婚现场遭遇男友逃婚，机缘巧合来到了海边；整日无所事事的元气大小姐古山波奈江（户田惠梨香 饰）单恋了朝日十年，却仍旧得不到回应。聚集在海边的这一群人，各自怀抱心事，却在这年夏天的海边迎来了转变。 　　围绕着“海之家”的海边小食店，他们在治愈与被治愈中度过了最难忘的夏天，从过去的阴影中走出，看到了最美丽的海与最蓝的天。