Kenichi, a leading figure in the world of Japanese literature, accepts an essay on the recent popularity of shaved pubic hair, but never made any progress. Instead, he indulges in affairs during his breaks from writing, such as arranging sashimi on the female body of his mistress, or pursuing his dictating scribe...
Kozue Akino
Sugiko
Kozue Aoki
Masami Itami
Anna Himenoki
Sayaka Kinu
Kazu Itsuki
Yumeo, Tanikawa's son
Tarō Araki
Akio
Ryou Kurihara
Kenichi Tanikawa
Kenichi, a leading figure in the world of Japanese literature, accepts an essay on the recent popularity of shaved pubic hair, but never made any progress. Instead, he indulges in affairs during his breaks from writing, such as arranging sashimi on the female body of his mistress, or pursuing his dictating scribe...
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.