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2H

2H combines documentary and dramatic film techniques to depict the psychological passages of two Chinese expatriates in Tokyo as they attempt to accommodate their existence to the two universal events of life - birth and death. Ma Jinsan is a 95 year-old former Kuomintang general who defected to Japan nearly 50 years earlier, shortly after the Communist revolution. Bound to Ma by chance, circumstance, and emotional need, Xiong Wenyun is an avant-garde artist desperately seeking to fulfill an innate but inarticulate desire to have a child.

2H

7.0 1999
家族ケチャップ

A hard-hitting documentary that can only be described as unique. The protagonist is a friend of the director Kudo. His parents divorced when he was a child and he has grown up in an environment that is too miserable to be described in one word: gloomy. The film exposes all the privacy of his family. His father abandoned him and his mother and evaporated. A mother who brought her lover into the house. What were they thinking at the time when I felt so alone? To find out, he goes to his father's home, where he has remarried and has a child, and to his mother, who works hard to send him money. The camera follows the process closely and captures the naked truth on film. The director Kudo and the protagonist, in collusion to break the taboo, are on the edge of their seats in front of and behind the camera. The energy that surges through them is a truth that can only be expressed through the documentary method.

家族ケチャップ

NR 1992
Dochinpira

Kaito Jin is a lone wolf who rules the streets of Roppongi without allegiance to any gang. Known for his charm and defiance, he often clashes with the Haozakura-kai yakuza gang. Things take a turn when he meets Masami, the niece of the gang’s boss, and finds himself caught in their world. As tensions escalate, Jin grows close to Suzuhata, one of the yakuza members persuing him, who reminds him of his dead young brother and becomes his unexpected ally. But then Masami is now dangerously obsessed with Jin, and the consequences of his entanglements come to a head.

Dochinpira

NR 1992
The Fir Tree Remains

The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor” in Japanese history. As the Date clan faces the threat of destruction from within and from the shogunate, Harada courageously steps forward, alone, to protect the family and its legacy. This powerful story of loyalty, honor, and strategy is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat. Don’t miss this emotional rollercoaster that unravels a pivotal moment in feudal Japan’s turbulent past.

The Fir Tree Remains

NR 1990
The Don: The Legend of the Fireball

Ryōji Shuto, the only son of a top-tier cram school owner, is a man determined to take the shortest route to the top—not only aiming to become the boss of the Komashi gang, but also to rise to the pinnacle of the yakuza world. The first target Ryōji set his sights on was the Onimatsu Alliance, which had recently moved into the neighbourhood. Ryōji recklessly challenges the chairman, Kyōsuke Matsuguchi, to a one-on-one duel, only to be dismissed out of hand. Meanwhile, Matsuguchi, having set his sights on the Shuto Seminar, begins to blackmail Ryōji’s father, Rentaro, using the school’s management policies as leverage. Learning of his father’s predicament, Ryōji stages a grand charade that even draws in Matsuguchi’s wife, Kyoko!

The Don: The Legend of the Fireball

NR 1996
Married Women Obsessed with Adultery

Yoshie Mitani, in her first year of marriage, and her husband Kenichi were leading a married life in which the freshness of when they first married still remained. Yoshie is a woman who is always thinking only about what she should do in order to be loved by her husband. Kenichi begins to feel that Yoshie’s behavior is somewhat of a burden, and he also starts to feel fed up with the childish aspects of Yoshie. Yoshie, who begins to think that something is a little strange about her husband’s behavior, visits her senior from her girls’ school days, Miyuki, to consult with her. At that time, she had admired Miyuki and had been in a lesbian relationship with her.

Married Women Obsessed with Adultery

NR 1997
Dochinpira 19: Jin vs. The Seducer of Naniwa

"Guiding women to paradise" is the motto of professional gigolo Jin Kaito, who is once again scouring the streets of Yokohama in search of beautiful women. But his path is blocked when the Kitougumi, a gang profiting off a gigolo network, decides to take him down. On the run, Jin meets Miki, a woman desperate to escape an unwanted arranged marriage. Jin plays the role of her boyfriend, unaware that her fiancé is actually a police officer assigned to crack down on all gigolos. To make things even worse, a Kitougumi gigolo, enraged that Jin “stole” his woman, lashes out by abducting Miki as a warning. Now caught between the cops and the yakuza, Jin rushes into enemy territory to save Miki!

Dochinpira 19: Jin vs. The Seducer of Naniwa

NR 1997
The Servants, Madang-swe and Un-nyoni

Madang Soe is a hard working servant of a local noble Mr. Lee. He is engaged to EonNyeon Yi who grew up in the same house with him. His master Mr. Lee, who wants to get an official title, sends him to Sir Seong-Chan who is covetous of Madang Soe. The butler of Sir Seong-Chan is heartless man who hoards gems secretly and even kills servants while EonNyeon Ne, a kitchen maid of main building, tries to make Madang Soe her sexual partner to satisfy her desire. Awakening in making love, Madang Soe enjoys spending night with EonNyeon Ne when EonNyeon Yi comes to Sir Seong-Chan's house to meet Madang Soe. But she is false charged of a thief and then becomes a sexual plaything of the Sir. As EonNyeon Yi asks about Madang Soe, EonNyeon Ne tells he died a few days ago.

The Servants, Madang-swe and Un-nyoni

NR 1994
Beat

In the 1960s, Okinawa was under American military occupation. Young Takeshi leads a passive go-with-the-flow existence, working as a bartender at a bar called Sekai where his ex-girlfriend Michi also worked. When Takeshi launches a flare bomb during a military blackout, expressing his frustration with the American military as well as himself, he encounters a mysterious boy with no name. He undergoes various changes living with him, but then an event occurs which will destroy Takeshi's identity to the very roots.

Beat

8.0 1998