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A reporter becomes involved in an investigation to expose a husband/wife team of international smugglers

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

A short animation is drawn on Washi paper and Cel with a marker and anime. Some Kanji ( they are used in the Japanese poem “Iroha Uta”) metamorphose into various creatures.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sai Enterprise's Ginî piggu 4: Pîtâ no akuma no joi-san.

A group of average college students go about their daily lives without a clear goal in mind. The protagonist, Ryoji, wavers between several girlfriends while maintaining a delicate relationship between "more than a friend, less than a lover". Their youth is in full bloom. But the day will come when they will have to say goodbye to their flexible relationship. The anxiety and emptiness of a young man who has taken the first step on the road to adulthood are portrayed with such naturalism and freshness that one wonders if it was staged.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

After learning skills from the cat, the tiger begins to bully other small animals and even beats the cat. But the cat escapes by climbing up a tree, because climbing is the only skill that the tiger has not learned.

WHUU!! NATURAL Live at Budokan '89 is the fifth video released by Miho Nakayama.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Nakayama is a university student living an uneventful life in a manga club. Aya, a younger student, secretly has feelings for him, but Nakayama's feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior student, like Aya. Aya has secret feelings for him, but Nakayama has feelings for Akiko Taniguchi, a classmate, and Fujima, a senior, has feelings for Aya. These emotions intertwine, a casual human drama unfolds, and finally, the seasons shift. The story unfolds in an unhurried manner, without many ups and downs, but with a deep insight into the temperament of modern university students. The tasteful dialogue between the man and the woman is outstanding.

YUAN is highly adept at combining symbolic metaphors with technological media. His works vividly illustrate contemporary human conditions. Dialectical dialogue between moving image and sculpture.

This is Hiroaki Mōri’s fourth directorial work. Although the premise feels impossible in today’s age of mobile phones, it is a thriller leaning toward horror, portraying a psychologically disturbed individual in an everyday setting.

Godzilla faces off against Ultra Q monster: Pagos!

Koich is asked by Izumi to take her to Kujira Town. She says it's to meet someone she likes. Koichi is reluctant to go, but he has no choice but to borrow a car from his friend. This is how their journey begins. A love story in an off-the-map town, with a light touch on the relationships between men and women of the time, such as Assi-kun and Keep-kun. With the addition of stylish props such as Koichi's room, his friend's car, and the breakwater in Kujira-cho, a bit of whimsical dialogue, and background music that shows a thorough attention to music selection, the film is a road movie with an experiential beat.

The dog chased the mouse, the black cat prevented the dog from scratching, and he didn't catch the mouse and let the dog nosy.

Educational documentary film produced in 1989.

May Fung's 1989 film Thought IV: The Edge of the World is a collage that responds to the ever-changing world beyond Hong Kong. It features highway shots that recall the exterior views from the taxi in Routine, war reportage, and images of coastal landscapes and stretching bodies. The film represents another generation's aesthetics of self-expression.

With the sound of a beautiful koto (Japanese zither) and the narration "Kaasan, kaasan, kaasan, I'm marching in the desert", the camera roams the city. Facing the ground, the wall, the road, and eventually the red blood on the snow, the filmmaker continues to call out "Mama, Mama, Mama". This five-minute film, made in just one day, is an attempt to convey the artist's dramatic moment of breath in its rawest form.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Shot in Super 8 by a group of NDU members in the course of a day, the film documents the second Six Cities Joint Disaster Prevention Drill, organized in Shinjuku on the first of September 1981, an event that mobilized about twelve million people.

The Tokyo Tower is a symbol that has become an indispensable part of the Tokyo landscape, even if it is said to be an imitation of the Eiffel Tower. The story of Yumiko, who comes from Wakayama on a school trip to Tokyo, also revolves around this symbol. Yumiko is 17 years old and in love with a classmate. Three years later, Yumiko's love blooms again in this city at the age of 20... This is a movie "by girls for girls", with the sharp point of view of a female director, which exposes the cuteness and ugliness of women through the simple, pure and honest protagonist, without any pretence. Yumiko runs around the screen in a cheerful yellow voice, explaining the subtle psychology of a girl in love.

8mm film, directed by Omote Toshihiko.

Short 8mm film by Toshihiko Omote.

The story of a woman cursed to occasionally transform into a killer snake. Followed by a 1990 sequel.

Erotic drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

TV documentary by Shi Jian.

A story of Taolak, an old fisherman who uses old method to fishing, faces with the change of modern and aggressive fishing methods which destroy the sea. He adopts a man who he gives his traditional procession. But facing too many changes and bad influences including illegal powers. Can he resist these?

Oki Hiroyuki's First Film shot at a mountain lodge. "The film was simply a series of landscape shots, without a story." (Oki Hiroyuki).

Short film that is part of a series of 6 films that Nobuhiro Kawanaka made between 1987 and 1992.

Educational film about different kinds of the gemstones.

Film by Nikkatsu.

Puppet Space-Western by DAICON FILM

Idol VHS videotape Ryoko Sano - Sketch book, 1988.

The 1987 Vienna New Year's Concert was the first and only New Year's Concert conducted by Mr. Herbert von Karajan, the "Emperor of Conducting" and the "General Director of Music in Europe", and of course, the only New Year's Concert ever held.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

Vichuda, a young woman who is quintessential, riveting and good at everything. Sorat, a young policeman, a friend of his brother, falls in love with her but do not dare to build a relationship. Sayam, Sorat's younger brother, has to take on the role of a gangster by dragging her to a hut in the middle of the forest and fake a story for his brother to come and rescue her. But a bond between kidnapper and kidnapped girl just happens in the midst of the soothing sounds of nature and the manifestation of true desire.

Short film that is part of a series of 6 films that Nobuhiro Kawanaka made between 1987 and 1992.

This film is one form of the director's explorative expression, utilizing the imagery of locks and keys to symbolize a society turning awry.

On a mountain climbing trip, a man falls into a mysterious forest. In a trance, he beholds a woman in white approaching. Tempted to stay but yearns to escape, he repeats this cycle day and night. Failing to locate the exit, he gradually wanes and ages, finding himself lost both in the forest and in time.