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A story about a director, who, as a means of grieving the loss of his dog Popee, decides to make a film about his relationship to Popee along with that of other dog/person relationships.

A woman with the constitution of orgasmic death: She dies in orgasm but always comes back to life! A group of people carries a casket in the mountains covered with deep snow. Inside is a beautiful woman who was found dead that same morning. The people believe that she’s the snow woman because it was their second time to find her dead. They carried her body to the mountain once before, but she reappeared in their village. Placing the casket on top of the mountain, they quickly run away so certain that she is a ghost...

This story happened at the Loess Plateau. In order to redress an injustice where an old country woman was mistreated, a group of local officials led by Yang Yulu took the case to the upper level of authority.

A group of friends, Manao, Fah, Dao and Krit, enter into the ancient Thai style home inherited by Dech, the purpose is to rebuild the home with the help of their talents. Manao adores reading horror novels. One night, she was requested by her friends to tell the tales she had read from her novels. After she said the fourth story about a young woman was raped to death by 3 young men and buried under the "Takien tree". A series of strange incidents happens and those are exactly the same as the incident occurring in the fourth tales. Who'll be the ones to escape the hands of this vengeful ghost?

The director chronicles his last trip to Japan with his girl friend (Yukika Kudo), an attempt at Eastern and Western observations.

Fukazawa Hiroshi chronicles the efforts of Teddy Chen to make Dark October, a film about Sun Yat-sen

As if by magic, Nam meets her elementary school friend when her life is in danger. After that encounter, Muton keeps appearing when Nam is most in need and always helps her through whatever difficulty she is facing. One day, when Nam and Muton realizes that Nam has heart disease, they decide to spend her last moments together as each has realized that they are deeply in love. During their vacation on the beach one day, Muton suddenly feels a serious pain in his chest and vanishes into thin air. Nam does not know what to make of it but is determine to solve the mystery behind her lover's disappearance. What she finds will both break and save her heart.

Original video

A unique film in which three freelancers talk about unimportant things in a family restaurant. The fast-paced talk exchanged in a loose atmosphere is sure to generate strange laughter. Jumbo, Matsun and Mickey are three freelancers who gather at the family restaurant Big Boy at 2am. They come here night after night to catch up on their contentless conversations. The three of them and an old man eating a parfait by himself at another table...

An interview with Sion Sono on his movie Hazard

The Second of two shorts featuring the continuing story of the Kappa from 'The Great Yokai War'.

Yomogi, who runs a moxibustion treatment called "Yaito-ya," becomes ecstatic and indulges in fantasies while administering moxibustion to herself...

Anthology short films directed by three Chinese directors from the 6th generation.

Crying Tiger is a documentary film presented in the format. reality show Follow up with filming stories about the lives of 5 provincial people who had to leave their hometowns to become local laborers in Bangkok.

A railroad worker wearily sets out for his last day of work, carrying his usual bread and milk. When he approaches a hill, he decides to commit suicide and lies down on the rails. As the train approaches him, suddenly, a big jagged rock falls on the rail, leaving him stuck in the gap between the train wheels and the rock.

2006 release

A closed-room mystery where five women gathered in memory of a mysteriously dead female writer to unravel the mystery behind her death. Based on the novel of the same name by Riku Onda, directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Four years ago, an actress/novelist died of overdose. Since then, five women who were her friends gather around once every year to recollect her memories. However this year, they receive flowers with a strange message which insinuates that her death could have been a murder.

Gigi and Marlene, two single women both in their late 20's, work at a bio-technology company, researching and developing medicine to suppress specific genes and observe their effects on the human body. Gigi is born with the "clean-freak" gene and her obsession with keeping things tidy causes problems in her relationships. Marlene, on the other hand, is born with the "fat gene" and needs to regularly take pills to maintain her weight. Marlene panics when she learns that her "anti-fat" pills will be taken off the market. Their personal problems coincide with romantic ones. Marlene grows frustrated maintaining her long-distance relationships via the Internet, and Gigi leaves her boyfriend when she discovers he's cheating on her.

In the year 2060, KEN, a 25-year-old young man raised by aliens living illegally on Earth, makes a living by selling dubious drugs, idolizing Carl Gotch as a god. One day, he is caught cheating on his drug sales and becomes the target of a gang. However, it turns out that KEN's ID is forged and alien, and he is deported back to the planet where he was raised. There, KEN encounters many unusual phenomena.

Filmed live at Akasaka Blitz on December 22, 2002.

Based on the comic by Mamora Goda.

Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that when they call to make ransom demands, the people state that their daughter died a year ago, so who the hell do they have in their custody? The kidnappers are holed up in an old school, turns out it was the school that Mitsuru used to go to and it's now abandoned. Or, SEEMINGLY abandoned.

Shiori, who was called out by her friend Akiko after a long time, was told that she was going to get married. Although Shiori congratulated them with a smile, Akiko's boyfriend Takatsuki was a man who had secretly had feelings for her even before she became a NR. Meanwhile, mysterious disappearances were occurring in the town...

A man brings his ex-wife home to live with their only son and his new wife.

Following the release of her best album, this DVD features all 12 of Ami Suzuki’s singles—from her debut “love the island,” the mellow tune “white key,” the iconic hit “Be Together,” and the NHK Kōhaku performance song “Thank You 4 Every Day Every Body,” through to her 2000 release “Reality.” In addition, the DVD includes five previously unreleased performances available exclusively as bonus footage.

Fairytale chronicles the making of an installation-cum-performance of the same name. In 2007, Ai Weiwei invited 1001 Chinese citizens of varying ages and backgrounds to travel to Kassel, Germany, for one week each, all expenses paid. This film describes the many challenges facing the artist and his volunteers in coordinating the work.

The skeletons of three murdered victims are found. Detective Kang (Bang Moon Su,Seducing Mr. Perfect) gets fired from his job when he questions his superiors' decision to close the case as suicide. He decides to carry on the investigation on his own.

Makiko Esumi and Hirokazu Kore-eda revisit Wajima, the setting of 'Maborosi'

The family cat (Chobi) has had his tail stepped on one too many times and dreams of revenge.

Idol Lulu begins to feel danger for herself. At that time, disturbing clouds swirling in the sky of Akihabara... Araki was performing a ritual to revive the evil god Arahabaki. For that purpose, the power of Lulu, who was a female Onmyouji 1000 years ago, was indispensable! Now is the time to protect the world as a female Onmyoji!

Fifth installment of Deka Matsuri omnibus series. Six films

Concert film featuring Mika Nakashima's YES MY JOY 2007 Tour filmed at Tokyo International Forum Hall A on July 30th, 2007.

Memories of Stray Wolves is an animated featurette recapping the stories of Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory, and Real Bout Fatal Fury. It was included on a bonus dvd for the Garou Densetsu 15th Anniversary Box.

A large majority of LGBT people in mainland China remain in the closet. Most of these closet doors are kept tightly shut by pressure from friends, family, and society itself. This documentary hopes to explore the experience of coming out in China through a series of interviews with out homosexuals. The interviews touch upon the discrimination, suppression, and even violence they have endured as well as the touching moments where they experienced compassion and understanding. The documentary also covers gay rights activist and proud mother of a homosexual, Wu Youjian, who stands strongly by her son and other gay men in full support.

Chen Tian is a schoolgirl in Hong Kong about to leave to study at a university in Beijing. Before she leaves for good, she decided to spend an unforgettable trip with her best friend in a distant fishing village. There she discovers love for the first time. At the same village, Ah Mei who had a tough time in the city comes back home to the village to revisit her past. She finds herself reuniting with two boys from her childhood.

Syo and Han, colleagues, are out enjoying a relaxing day fishing, when they happen upon Mayumi and Misako, a very attractive young woman and her mother. Mayumi suddently faints, and the two men rush over to help. Her mother explains that she is very ill and only has months to live. Han invites them back to his place to rest. Mayumi and Han clearly are attracted to each other, and after a specific request from Misako, they sleep together. Things are about to take a turn from intriguing to weird, and even frightening, as Mayumi and her mother are not what they seem. A classic Pink love/horror story!

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).

Ryu travels around the country visiting mahjong parlors in search of a certain man. In one town, she is taken care of by Yoichi, the second-generation owner of a steel mill, and agrees to play as a substitute in a mahjong match to repay a debt to the yakuza.

Jade Leung (Black Cat) stars in this police action thriller as Yiu, a capable cop who is rescued during an ambush by Man. As Yiu becomes friendly with Man, she also begins to suspect that he may be a secret agent with the gang that Yiu was trying to catch. Her investigation into the agent's file uncovers a secret that is tied to her own past.

A documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still Walking."

Masaru, a 23-year-old who has a passive attitude toward life in general, professes himself as a “genius odd-job-man” but is screwing up all of the time. He is freeloading off his girlfriend Kiriko, who works as a tattoo artist. One day, he is offered to do a rather eccentric job from an otaku-looking public employee named Nirasawa, who claims that Masaru’s voice is necessary in activating a giant robot named Land Zeppelin. He goes on straight-faced that the Earth is about to be attacked by Saturnians, and the robot is necessary in the fight against them. At first, Masaru ignores this far-fetched story, but one day he is framed in a dangerous job he takes on together with his friend Kou, and is driven into a tight squeeze. What will happen to Masaru? Does this robot Land Zeppelin really exist?

After finishing his delivery job, Suwa returns to the office. As he is about to go up the stairs, he sees Kiyomi about to jump off... Suwa jumps on Kiyomi and hurriedly holds her back. "I'm fed up... I'm sorry," Kiyomi weakly replies, and Suwa confesses, "I was thinking that today was the day I would jump off too... My wife ran off with another man." That day, the two comforted each other and passionately desired each other. But their happy time did not last long...

A young married woman, Midori, was living in a company apartment with Kazuya, a serious businessman. He was scheduled to be posted overseas in six months, and at first glance, their life seemed fulfilling, but Midori felt something was building up deep in her heart. One day, Midori was raped by Norio, an unemployed man. Akane, who was also living in the company apartment, had encouraged Norio, her sex friend. Norio realized that he had fallen in love with Midori. Norio raped Midori again, but Midori opened her body to him of her own accord.

The story of evolution, from the first aquatic organisms to modern man (and woman).

Hwa-nyeo and Chung-nyeo, two country girls who have come to Seoul with big dreams. They are thrilled just to see the wondrous Seoul landscape, but a group of thugs, including Shanghai Park, appears before them. Just as they face a terrible fate, a man by the name of Dachimawa Lee appears like a comet. He suavely fights off the thugs and rescues Hwa-nyeo and Chung-nyeo. The two girls become infatuated with his manly image, and Hwa-nyeo and Dachimawa Lee fall in love. Meanwhile, the head of the thugs, the Nameless Man of the East, hears that his underlings have been harshly beaten and decides to make Dachimawa Lee pay. Finally, there is a battle between Dachimawa Lee and the gang of the Nameless Man of the East.

Katsuma is a truck driver with a good mood but an empty head and wallet. One day, his brother, Riichi, asks him to double his pay, and he gladly accepts. Katsuma drives the truck smoothly, but suddenly, a flirtatious woman, Reiko, jumps out from the back of the truck...

One day, a girl customer starts telling sexual jokes to a blind acupuncturist. Her visits create a sensation to his monotonous life and awaken his hidden desire. The blind acupuncturist slowly falls into a fantasy of the Brazilian Carnival and faces its fever in his reality...

"I'm a cultured woman, travelling about footloose and fancy-free…”So begins a lilting tune from Taiwan's“Dance Age”of the 1920s and 1930s, a paradoxical time when the island's occupation by Japan also brought youth culture and a measure of artistic freedom. Women smoked cigarettes, love scandals were rife, and risqué Taiwanese pop was born. Embarking on a voyage to visit the surviving singers, composers and record aficionados of the era, this lively historical documentary mixes engaging interviews with catchy songs, haunting period footage, and reenactments of the unrequited romance between the adored chanteuse Chun Chun and her songwriter CHEN Chun-Yu.

Directed by Shinji Aoyama, this NHK documentary follows avant-garde jazz trumpeter Toshinori Kondo as he traces the footsteps of the poet Matsuo Bashō. Blending music, landscape, and literature, the film captures Kondo’s improvisational soundscapes against the spiritual terrain of Kumano, evoking a dialogue between past and present, poetry and performance.

Björk performs live in Japan apart of the Vespertine tour with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

In the yakuza world, where 'conflict,' 'prison sentences,' and 'death' are ever-present threats, the leader’s responsibility is immense, and their leadership skills are honed to perfection. To develop motivated subordinates and unite the organization, the key ingredient is undeniably 'charisma!' How do these bosses acquire their 'charisma'!? The highly popular 'Learn from the Yakuza' series continues with its fourth installment!!

DVD edition of "DAHLIA TOUR FINAL 1996" filmed on December 31, 1996 at Tokyo Dome, originally released on video in 1997. A 2-disc set. On Vocal - Toshi On Bass - Heath On Guitar - Pata On Guitar - Hide On Drums & Piano - Yoshiki