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Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright and director, and his theatrical company, Seinendan. By depicting them, the film leads the audience to revisit fundamental but timely questions: What is theatre? Why do human beings act?
Made as a pilot film of Chiyo, At Altitude is a self-reflexive film of a filmmaker’s brief visit to her grandmother in the Japanese suburbs. Not having seen her grandmother for a while, as the filmmaker has been living abroad for the past 5 years, she uses a 16mm film camera as a mediation tool to reconnect with her grandmother. Interweaving the juxtaposition of inside and outside spaces, the film offers an intimate look at family life and ageing.
The eleventh in a chain of horror ghost stories! Ghost stories are the art of telling ghost stories and spinning tales of terror. A ghost story told by one person stimulates the brain and brings back the memories of another person. Welcome to the ghost story club that can be called a chain reaction of such weirdness!
BABYMETAL's "Live at Tokyo Dome: Red Night" concert was a monumental event in the band's career, showcasing their impressive rise in the music world. Held at the iconic Tokyo Dome, this performance drew a massive audience, highlighting the group's immense popularity in Japan and internationally. The "Red Night" theme was reflected in the stage design and lighting, creating a dramatic and visually captivating setting. Su-metal, Moametal, and their backing band, the Kami Band, performed a dynamic setlist that included hits like "Karate" and "Road of Resistance," delivering a powerful blend of vocal prowess, intense metal riffs, and synchronized dance moves. This concert not only demonstrated BABYMETAL's unique genre fusion but also cemented their status as a major live act in the global music scene.
An elementary school boy, Shogo, catches insects and collects them at home every day during his school's winter break. Shogo knows there is a much larger insect collection in his father's room, which is always locked. But when his father Toru comes back from his job overseas, where he is touched by the reincarnation philosophy of India and Bhutan, he tells Shogo that he doesn't want to collect insects anymore. Shogo's grandfather, Tadashi, treats his dead wife's ashes as a living figure, but the noodles Tadashi gives her remains in a bowl. “Has grandma reincarnated into something else?” Seeing adults' different views of life and death, Shogo wonders what death is all about.
Short ghost stories by Inagawa Junji, an entertainer who is famous for his horror stories broadcasted on late night radio. He has gone on to write horror novels and directing live-action horror dramas and films. The anime is a spin-off of his Inagawa Junji no Chou: Kowai Hanashi (Inagawa Junji's Super Scary Stories) live-action direct-to-DVD series.
321 warnings on the existence of cursed video-like videos! The video tapes of the ring, which are not easily seen, are released with the same horror as they manage to jump into your eyes with a warning! No need to explain or reason with these videos, all of which show young people's daily lives turned upside down and filled with resentment! A total of 10 videos are included.
Sakamoto Toshiya (Kawahara Hideyuki), a young assistant head of the Yamashinkai, is imprisoned himself after his partner is killed in a feud with the Takahara family. When Sakamoto was released from prison eight years later and returned to the Yamashinkai, the organization was already under the control of the Takahara family and was involved in the sale of shabu, which was a taboo practice. Sakamoto tries to rebuild the organization with Yamahashi and his subordinate, Asada, but the Takahara family spots him and the chairman, Hirano, excommunicates him.
2014 release
Makoto Tsubasa's live performance.
On July second, 1999, a woman named Yukie is murdered. Her body, filled with resentment, becoming a spirit that continues to emit a stench of death, dragging people into a world of death.
The heroine is a descendent of the Okinawa nature and farm-loving Halser Tribe and confronts the destruction of nature with farming tool nymphs. She decides to embark on a fight to protect the natural environment that she so loves, but…
This omnibus film consists of three films made by three directors from three countries. With “Journey” as the theme, each of these films tells about a journey. “The Sea” is a film by Degena Yun (China), telling about mother and child’s trip to the sea from Beijing. “Hekishu,” a film by Daishi Matsunaga (Japan), tells about the journey of a Japanese businessman involved in infrastructure development in Yangon. The film depicts the entrepreneur’s emotional feelings in the face of Yangon residents who lost their homes due to the construction of the new infrastructure. The last is a film titled “Variable No. 3” by Edwin (Indonesia), which tells the story of a couple’s journey to Tokyo. There they meet a mysterious man. The man who works as a tour guide and rents out the inn, gives a strange advice to the husband and wife.
The English name "Hachishaku-sama" is an urban legendary character from the Japanese forum 2ch. Like the name "eight feet", it is uniformly described as a tall female ghost who will make a male "popopo" smile. The description of clothing in the article is wearing white dress, but according to different records, it seems that different people see different clothes. For example, some people see white mourning clothes. She will act like the voice of the relatives of the parties concerned, which makes the parties relaxed and vigilant. People who are confused by an eight-foot adult will die in a few days. Usually, children are easily confused.
Recorded the restoration work done for the reopening of Tadao Ando's "Chapel of the Wind" in Rokko, Kobe. It tells the length of time by showing the mold and moss that eroded the concrete. When the closed door is opened, the stopped time starts flowing again.
Shinjuku Tiger, a Japanese documentary, is named after its subject, a colorful figure who has been a feature of the Shinjuku scene since the 1970s.
Yuri, who works for a company that specializes in collecting information for television programs, visits Akiruno city in Tokyo, where Itsukaichi-cho and Akikawa-shi merged at the request of the station, and it is now only fifteen years after the merger Start to find out how it changed. Yuri who started interviewing reluctantly, but continues to meet calm land pattern and people, and gradually begins to be interested.
Yoshiharu Satou animated short about parents and adult children.
Haruto and Kosuke go into the Donut Shop Manager's Underworld and use the powers of the Dance Ring.
Concert film held by mega girls dance and vocal unit E-girls on July 15 and 16, 2017. This was a special two day event concert showcase and was compiled into a concert film for audiences.
Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and more... By far the most interesting sequence is with Kenji Onishi (“A Burning Star”). Wielding a super-8 camera, Onishi documents his own interview, taking random shots of street-life and buildings. He leavens his monologue with statements bordering between cliché and outré. “A movie that aims to make a message is boring.”
It's summer vacation and all the kids in the neighborhood have left to visit relatives. But there in the relentless glare of the sun, is a boy looking up at the sky.
The 2012 Takarazuka Star Troupe production based on Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Nozomu Kizaki, a man who hates violence and has survived in the underworld by using “sermons” as a weapon. He is also known as “Gandhi Kizaki” (Sho Aikawa). He has given up on the yakuza business, and in order to support those who are struggling to repay their debts, he teaches baseball to children while running the Hope Shokai, a money-lending business. One day, while on a collection mission, Kizaki discovers that one of the debtors is Gota Yagisawa (Takeshi Ayano), a prodigy pitcher who once made his name at the Koshien National Championships. Gota, who had never held a regular job and was mired in debt, is moved by Kizaki's “sermon” and decides to rebuild his life under his guidance. However, the shadow of the Kuroda clan, a yakuza organization, looms behind the pair...
Kujirai Taichi has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui who came from a Tokyo aquarium, and the museum curator Mashiba Nozomi, Taichi and the staff are perplexed by the low turnout of visitors. Then Taichi hits upon the idea to hold a staff created "whale festival" in order to generate hype for the museum. One day however, the "whale festival" is in danger of being cancelled as the opening quickly approaches.
This drama depicts the turbulent daily life of the heroine, who works in the family's tofu shop, and her father and daughter.
The best staff in the Japanese film industry has gathered together to create this realistic horror film, which is composed of footage submitted by the general public and recreated footage featuring actresses. The film looks at a friend request from a cursed high school girl, "Noro-jo," who is rumored to be a curse on a certain social networking site, and a haunted experience that attacked a couple on a road trip.
namie amuro PAST＜FUTURE tour 2010 is Amuro Namie's tenth concert video. The video includes footage from her concert held in Tokyo. It was released in two versions: a DVD format and a Blu-ray format. The first press editions came in digipaks.
Based on Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow.
Mankind's madness continues to hope ... An unknown paranoia picture attacks! A bizarre event that rushes to Karin who started a mysterious part-time job.
A posted video showing the scenery of parents and children. A smiling scene accompanying my son's baseball practice was recorded, but soon after that, the camera caught a strange appearance! Other segments include; "In the Mirror", "Shitajiki", "Adolescent Revenge", "The Grudge of the Tunnel" and "Fear Documentary".
Pink film directed by Wataru Oku.
The year is 1862, the twilight of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Sakurai, who recently started working at a real estate agency, is diligent and serious about his job, but he's not very efficient and struggles to close deals. Today, he was once again dragged around by a rocker client, Taguchi, for property viewings, but couldn't get a decision, leaving him feeling down. That night, he falls in love at first sight with a woman who was gazing off from the balcony of a condominium...
A detective declares: "The era of yakuza strutting around with authority is over." Yet the streets are now overrun with lawless rogues. Tommy (Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki) and Buchi (Suzuki Minoru) are a reckless duo, pretending to help women only to take advantage of them, skipping out on bills at cabaret clubs, and scraping by while living out of a car in a parking lot that costs just 1,200 yen a night. One day, however, they cross the wrong line. After targeting a store backed by yakuza, they find themselves in a heated conflict. Thinking they can extort the gangsters, they soon learn the harsh reality of provoking the true underworld.
A wandering poetic journey through maritime landscapes, a dreamlike stroll among the architecture and works of art that populate the landscapes of the Naoshima archipelago in Japan.
To prevent the Kansai-based Tenma-kai from expanding into Kanto, Enomoto (Yasukaze Motomiya), leader of the Enomoto-gumi and part of the Kanto yakuza, was guarding Takeda Masaki (Tokuma Nishioka), president of the largest Kanto organization, the Bandō Alliance. However, Takeda was targeted by a hitman. Although Takeda survived, he remained unconscious, and his condition was critical. Makabe (Takanori Higuchi), the director of the organization, plotted to take over as Takeda’s successor and support the Tenma-kai’s advance into Kanto. Learning of Makabe’s schemes, Enomoto ordered Higuchi (Keiichi Yamamoto), the underboss, to investigate his movements. Meanwhile, Takeda regained consciousness and, from his hospital bed, announced his retirement. He expressed his intent to name Makabe as his successor, shocking both Enomoto and Makabe. However, this decision came with a specific condition...
Haruhei, who works for a confectionery maker, is a sweet boy who is not good at love. She is in charge of the education staff of a new employee, Moanahana, who is a small devil enemy, but it quickly becomes a cool relationship ....
Usagi has come to the airport to see Mamoru off as he heads to the US to study abroad, but someone shatters Mamoru's body to pieces. In shock, Usagi loses her memory and collapses, but a member of the super idol group the Three Lights is there to catch her. That day, the Three Lights were to star in a music festival. Usagi and friends were planning to perform as well, but a new enemy arrives. Calling themselves "Shadow Galactica," these enemies are Sailor Guardians aiming to steal Sailor Crystals! At the same time, a mysterious young girl named Chibi Chibi and new Sailor Guardians, the Sailor Starlights, also appear, and a battle on an unprecedented scale begins. Sailor Guardians vs. Sailor Guardians! Fittingly the Sailor Moon "final battle" has the future of the galaxy at stake and it starts now!!
The New Beginning in Sapporo 2017 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on February 5, 2017, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
The "Hometown" tour of the Japanese band Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 2019 featured a wide range of cities in Japan, including Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Fukuoka, Omiya, Sapporo, Kanazawa, Niigata, Ichikawa, and more. The tour also included dates in the UK and France, with a show at Dingwalls in London on November 24, 2019. The "Hometown" album was the inspiration for the tour.
This is a dream of a girl who is imagining to be a bird. The title "tayutaum" is a combination of the words "揺蕩う夢: tayutau yume (floating dream)", "白昼夢: hakuchuumu (daydream)", and "aquarium". I want the audience to feel the physical sensation of flying in the sky or floating in the water.
A work that spun a story inspired by the world view of the song "You Named Me Blue" by jazz singer Yurifa Matsumoto. A short film that you want to see with your right brain, like watching a painting in a museum.
Misawa Akane is a corporate spy out working undercover for competitive and industrial purposes. She manages to successfully infiltrate the ranks of a successful cosmetics' company, go through training, make friends and apply the products in order to gain access to proprietary intellectual property. Her work is not without danger, however, and takes discipline. What is more, her conscience gnaws at her.
Musician Sakura gets pregnant at an important time, when her popularity is rising. However, because she had relationships with multiple men, she has no idea who the father of her child is. That's how she ends in "Ochiki" - japanese term for worst time of life.
The eighth night of the tournament took place at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan on August 1, 2015.
A horror film about mysterious phenomena that occur in a house inhabited by evil spirits. Shinya and Mei, a brother and sister, move to a country town. In the house where they live, mysterious phenomena occur frequently, such as dolls left behind by the previous residents returning no matter how many times the dolls are thrown away.
Hayashi, a typical white-collar japanese worker, lives passively the ravages of the daily routine in Tokyo. Little by little his personal life is revealed and in it loneliness and frustration are discovered within a society in which work never stops.
Anyone who has ever been to Japan knows the problem of Alex (speaks English), Mikako (speaks Japanese) and Karen (speaks both): Communication can be a very cumbersome affair, especially when you are in love.