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Film by Koji Miyashita, 1999.

A member of the Air Self-Defense Force learns of a crucial national secret: that conscription will be introduced to Japan. Pursued by the state, the man and his wife attempt to flee to her parents' home, but along the way they meet a carefree young man who loves movies. Meanwhile, back in his rural hometown, his father-in-law is in critical condition, but his sister-in-law neglects to care for him and instead engages in phone sex with him.

An anime adaptation of the video game Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet.

In the Turpan Mosque Square, the Prince's minister is calling all the peasants to do hard labour in the royal garden, and the Mullah Nasreddin, who is accidentally riding a donkey through the place, is also being taken to the Prince's royal garden. On the construction site, the laborers were transporting stones under the scorching sun, while the tax officer Wari Khan was brandishing his whip vigorously. Mullah Nasreddin sang a song for the poor peasants and attracted the Prince's attention, and he was brought to the prince.

A group of young undercover cops, who get in a little too deep, become hunted by the police themselves. Superb action: from Dick Wei and Kara Hui.

Dramatization of the early years of Nie Erh, composer of China's national anthem.

Five young Hong Kongers, equipped with digital camcorders, help filmmaker Ruby Yang create a portrait of a city in transition.

After being released from prison, Ichigo Muromachi, the greatest fighter known by the yakuza, the raiser of their empire, decides to start his own gang. However, with a vengeful man searching from him, a mysterious group causing mayhem, and betrayal around the corner, it will be far from as easy as he though it would be.

The first in a series of original video animations based on the popular manga by Dai Tennoji and Rikiya Go. The main character is Ginjiro Manda, a man who runs a black market and is feared as "the demon of Minami" by those around him. Ryuichi Sakagami, who came to Minami with the dream of becoming a gangster, applied to be Ginjiro's apprentice. As his first job, Ginjiro orders Ryuichi to collect money from Kyozo Washioka, a disgraced executive of Naniwa-kai. One day, Ginjiro helps Washioka open a video game café, to win back the money he lost gambling and regain his honor within the Naniwa-kai.

Kim Hyun-pil, an orphan, gets caught for picking pockets. At the police station, he causes trouble for the police. Detective Koh, takes sympathy on Hyun-pil's situation and takes him home to raise him as his own. Hyun-pil grows into a fine young man under the Koh's care, and despite resentment and scorn of Koh's son Mook, Hyun-pil is nurtured by love from Yeon-ji, Mook's sister. But even as adults, the discord between Mook and himself forces Hyun-pil to leave their home...

A band of outlaws seek revenge after their Triad superior double-crosses them in a counterfeiting operation.

Hong Kong movie

A pair of Tokyo policewomen who pack their own brand of "deadly weapons" do some serious undercover work as they take on the toughest cases the department has to offer in this steamy mix of cop action and softcore drama.

V-cinema detective story with an all-musician cast.

Somsri, the robot built by Dr. Berm. Somporn the other robot is also built to be Somsri's sister. The fun of this episode is that Somsri and Somporn were in a beauty contest.

Jiro is a rookie hitman. One day, his mentor dies a brutal death. Furthermore, the execution scene was filmed and leaked as a murder video. Jiro is furious and decides to take revenge. He sets out to track down the mastermind and steal the original video.

A "documentary" that explores the myth of the Human-Faced Dog. The legend of the Human-Faced Dog goes all the way to Tokugawa era Japan. In stories, the Human-Faced Dog is initially mistaken for a normal, mangy dog, but as the unlucky passerby gets closer the human features become apparent. Sightings are always at night, and the dog, if approached, will morosely tell people, “Leave me alone”. The Human-Faced Dog took on a new life in more recent times, its peak of popularity in the late 80s and early 90s, where it was claimed to have been seen on highways, chasing cars at enormous speeds and causing car crashes.

Somsri gets robo-napped by the family's jealous neighbors. Luckily Somsri's not-so-secret admirer's determined to help track her down.

Riki Takeuchi stars in a yakuza film.

"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Okura Eiga.

From 1948 to 1949, on the eve of the peaceful liberation of Peking, a story that happened in an elementary school for the children of workers under the Kuomintang gun repair shop. A group of innocent children, with their hope and yearning for the new life system in their lives, went from a pure love of guns and stealing guns impulsively, to being inspired and led by a young progressive female teacher — and slowly embark on a Revolutionary Road.

Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.

Documentary on the Mosuo people in Lake Lugu region.

Tatsu's life seemed to be smooth sailing, as he was blessed by his friends, married Fujieda, and made peace with the yakuza. However, the days when the yakuza were free to run amok were coming to an end. Tatsu was sent to prison for a dispute over a bottle of hiropon, and during his two years in prison, his former gang mates became Inayama-gumi disciples.... I can't stand under the wind of others! Tatsu mutters in anger...

A boy is run over by a bus when trying to get his sister a rosette for her concert, he becomes paralyzed. He does not know he is paralyzed, but instead drifts into a subconscious realm where he meets an old man (a cartoon eric tsang), occasionally he enters the real world, which he believes to be a dream, where he mistakes his sister's daughter for his sister, and soon realises he is paralyzed.

Based on a manga by Masahide Motohashi.

V-cinema manga adaptation directed by Toshiki Satô.

Korean martial arts movie

Tomiko, a housewife, composes Tanka as a hobby. Tomiko's husband, Nobuo, who thought she was submissive, is surprised to find that Tomiko's tanka is radical. Nobuo takes the contents of her tanka seriously and suspects that Tomiko is cheating on her, so he ties her up with a belt and punishes her, but he becomes lustful at the sight of her tied up...

A docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18 months, from his comeback from an eye injury to his match against Yasuei Yakushiji in 1994. A fictional part follows a restaurant owner, fan of Tatsuyohi, waiting for the match with his friends and family.

Yuriko, once a concert pianist, now practices home-making while husband Takashi stays out late with co-workers, leaving her to decay into severe mental illness.

Hong Kong movie

Yuka, a female college student, is obsessed with delusions of herself being raped and is unable to go to university. She cannot escape the feeling of intimidation that the men around her are attacking her. Her mother, Kikumi, sends her Yuka to her psychoanalyst, Kurahata. Based on what Yuka says, Kurahata deduces that the biggest cause of Yuka's mental imbalance is likely to be her conflict with her mother, Kikumi. Kikumi is flashy and stands out no matter where she is, and apparently she has taken Yuka's first love, Kunisaka, a masculine schoolteacher, as her mistress...

In four chapters, the film anatomises the chaotic life of a radio agony uncle.who is having simultaneous affairs with a sado-masochistic call-girl and the wife of an aggrieved tour-bus driver

A father who is lazy with money. Kai, the son who always wipes his father's butt. He's a very healthy man. Even if his father sold him to a former male prostitute, Kai could not abandon his father. The person who kindly watches over him is Ryosuke, the owner of the beach house where the father and son suddenly drop by. Ryosuke tries to help Kai somehow, but...

Hong Kong ghost film.

A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter.

Akiko, Chinami, and Yukari are students at Shirayuki Women's University. One day, with final exams fast approaching, Akiko receives a call from Yukari pleading for help. It seems she's being held captive somewhere near the Izu coast, a place the three of them visited last year. Akiko and Chinami head to Izu, but a trap awaits them there…

A warrior from the underworld and his assistant enter the human realm to try and destroy the fox spirit that has been terrorizing their tribe. After the warrior gets injured and loses his sword the kindly village doctor and his daughter take him in. Then bad things start happening to the village - livestock killed, babies snatched, people murdered. The villagers are suspicious of the stranger. He needs to find his sword and kill the fox to rid two worlds of its evil.

Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.

A group of monkey show people come up with the idea of monkey human fighting show, which leads to the incident beyond everybody's control.

Police in the China and Hong Kong co-operate to bring a criminal gang to justice.

Madoka, Yohko's grandmother, senses the return of Tokima: the demon who from the time of the first devil hunter has been the enemy of the Mano family, is approaching. Tokima appears and possesses Ryuichi Asakura, a man who Yohko has a crush on. Tokima tricks Yohko and gets near the clock where Tokima is sealed, but is repelled by special talismans. The next day, Madoka ends up with her past youthful body! Tokima possesses Azusa who takes the clock. Yohko fights Azusa trying to stop her from destroying the clock. Yohko is tricked and "killed". The clock is destroyed and the demon's power released. Yohko is taken to the time of the very first Devil Hunter, Haruka Mano. The two go back into the future and fight against Tokima.

Live in '87 A HUNDRED days is the seventh video release released by Nakamori Akina. It was released on Augsut 25, 1993. It was recorded on October 17, 1987 @Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Kaikan.

An early film by Noboru Iguchi.

"BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE is a home video by B'z, released on January 1, 1996. The film shows the majority of the setlist to B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" in full, along with a great deal of backstage footage and interviews from various shows. The video was later issued on DVD on March 14, 2001, with two bonus tracks "Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta" and "Hadashi no Megami", along with three other older home video releases and the band's then-latest single, "ultra soul".

A university assistant professor spends his days researching. A hidden camera is installed at a reverse soap shop run by a friend of his, and he studies techniques by observing the reactions of female customers...