Thriller de espionagem passado durante a Segunda Guerra, em Xangai, que conta a história de uma jovem chamada Wang Jiazhi (Wei Tang), envolvida num perigoso jogo emocional e de intriga com o político Mr. Yee (Tony Leung Chiu Wai).
A estória de um motorista de táxi na cidade de Yanji City, uma região situada entre a Coréia do Norte, China e Rússia. Sua esposa parte para Coréia para ganhar a vida mas ele fica seis meses sem ter notícias dela. Ele joga mah-jong para ganhar um dinheiro extra mas isso só torna a vida dele pior; um dia ele encontra um assassino de aluguel que promete mudar sua vida pagando suas dívidas e trazendo sua esposa de volta, tudo por apenas um tiro.
Extra-terrestres vem a Terra com a missão de recuperar casulos com seres de outro planeta, sendo que enquanto os casulos vão sendo recuperados eles são colocados em uma piscina, energizada pelos alienígenas. Mas os extraterrenos ignoram o fato desta piscina ser utilizada por três idosos moradores de um asilo, que logo passam a ter uma disposição fantástica. Porém, quando descobrem a origem da sua juventude um dilema surge na vida deles.
Uma mãe foge com o amante, deixando para trás as suas duas filhas. A mais velha delas transforma-se numa jovem íntegra e virtuosa enquanto a sua irmã mais nova fica grávida, desafiando as convenções sociais e as expectativas impostas. E, sem aviso, a mãe de ambas reaparece...
Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death. When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend.
The story is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.
Xie Lian, the crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, successfully ascends to Heaven during his third trial in spite of successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian has to descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts, which may help him sustain his divinity.
Ryuu, also known as Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays mahjong with gang members. He only wins by "ron" - a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win.
Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness who has amassed enormous fortune and power, at the request of his acquaintance, the rogue detective Yasuoka. As the observer, Ogi Takeshi, a leader of the henchmen of Inada-gumi watches over them, mahjong with special rules called Washizu Mahjong begins. It is a life or death struggle with Akagi’s fresh blood and Washizu’s entire fortune at stake.
Nodoka Haramura's appearance on television playing in a high school mahjong tournament inspires her old Jr. high school friends to reform their schools club so they can meet and play her in the National High School Mahjong Tournament.
Not a lot of people know that one of the most talented and ruthless Mahjong players in the city is a young high school boy. Kei is a teenager of few words, but his observation skills, unwavering will and experience in the game allows him to survive in a world full of powerful, rich and dangerous characters. Kei is currently hiding a girl named Amina who has entered the country illegally and protecting her from being deported. He spends his days sleeping through class and his nights playing high stakes Mahjong, waiting for when a worthy opponent arrives.
