The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
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The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Yoda, the president of Yoda Painting, owes a large sum of money to the Uratora clan, but the shabu Yoda was dealing in is given to Tetsuya and his group, who release him. Yoda is later found dead, and this makes the police aware of the shabu deal. The murder weapon for Yoda's murder is also found by the Uratora gang...
A quiet vacation in a secluded cabin by an executive, his wife and their maid is rudely interrupted by two knife wielding bikers, their girlfriend and a naked woman in the bathtub.
Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the sound of his upstairs neighbors going at it that he forgets to deal with his own love life and when he finally does have sex he is immediately filled with self-loathing. The upstairs neighbor’s story then splits off like an amoeba: she’s an office lady seduced by a “talent scout” who is falling down the sex industry ladder, moving from hostess, to massage girl, to private karaoke attendant. The talent scout’s story then splits off and runs in its own direction, revealing the sorry state of this young pimp’s soul. From there, the movie takes more and more time to consider the lives of more and more characters until the entire Japanese sex industry is filled with the wailing of lost souls.
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.
When concerned friends visit their bandmate, they’re invited in for some tea… with just a splash of the undead.
Yuki Onozaki, who was studying at a Women's College in Tokyo, was originally a young and ignorant girl, but her life changed completely in the summer of a certain year. During the summer vacation, Yuki returned to her hometown of Kyoto, only to be raped by the lover of her mother. Yuki then abandoned her studies and chose a depraved life. She met the gang leader Kiyoshi Oba and factory industrialists. Although these men could give her more or less physical comfort, they could not open Yuki's locked heart. It was not until the appearance of the young architect Yoichiro Honma that Yuki's love flower gradually bloomed. Soon, Yoichiro's first love while studying in France, Sandra, finds her, which makes Yuki's heart surge. After several twists and turns, Yoichiro decided to marry Yuki, but the trials never stopped...
A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief
Live action film adaptation of a romance that was turned into a book after making a splash on the Internet bulletin board “2 Channel.” Humorously depicts a 29-year-old virgin who meets a prostitute, and struggles with love. Directed by Iizuka Ken of Arakawa Under the Bridge.
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Special female detective Hanyu Asuka, codenamed 348 (Sashiba), receives a secret mission from the police commissioner to solve the blackmail case involving a genius Famicom designer. As Asuka continues her investigation, she discovers that Hayami, a gangster, is the culprit. However, after a gunfight, Hayami escapes, and a few days later, policewomen are killed one after another, as if in retaliation for Asuka...
Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens of the day.
After polluting their own planet beyond repair, a race of evil aliens target earth as their next home. Now it is up to a lone outcast and his robotic spacecraft, Baldios, to defend earth. But, first he must convince the distrusting human population of the impending danger.
A sensual coming-of-age drama set in Shonan that carefully follows the trajectory of a woman who is swaying in love. Akiho Yoshizawa, who boasts of idol-like popularity, plays a woman who is bewildered by her love that she pretends not to notice when her rival appears unexpectedly. Aki (Akiho Yoshizawa), who works at an Italian restaurant, has been managing the restaurant with Kawano (Hideki Nishioka), who stands alone in the kitchen since the death of his wife, who was in charge of desserts. For some reason, my heart flutters when I see the motion.
Satoshi Kuribayashi and his team filmed the insects for over an astonishing 430 days, resulting in breathtaking images and scenes from a still fairly unknown world. Watch a mantis sneak up on its prey and catch it with its razor sharp claws. Experience a deadly, thrilling wasp fight. Sit back and watch the world of the insects unfold before you like you have never experienced it before.
In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows books. This changes her life.
When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be dead everyday. Jun is dumbfounded by his wife's behavior, but he begins to feel uneasy with her.
In a land far away, there is a legend that an Iron Clad Savior shall bestow upon the land and save its people from grief, abuse and evil. An armored suit-wearing woman with amnesia, only known as "Iron Girl", fights against a group of outlaws called "Crazy Dogs" to save a small village in the wasteland. Is she the legendary "Iron Savior" written in the old document of the village?
New Million, "the city where a million dreams come true," has developed thanks to the efforts of its Heroes. In this city, visited by people from all over the world, a dome-shaped stadium floating on the sea has been born. It's called "Grand Sea New Million." Plans to hold a summer festival as the opening event have been floated, and the stadium management has asked the Heroes for their help. [HELIOS] has agreed to fully cooperate for the sake of the city. Not only will the Heroes perform at the festival, but they'll also be helping with the event itself, working across sector boundaries to prepare for the festival's opening. However, one problem after another arises... Furthermore, behind the scenes, [Eclipse] and his allies are secretly plotting. Will the "Summer Festival" be able to open safely?
Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things.
Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding and blood donor cars. What they don't like is crosses, and what they love is - choo-choo-choo!!! ?
The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
Nine former members of a high school baseball team reunite for the first time in seven years, invited to meet again by an unknown figure. The friends begin to reminisce about times gone by, but soon realize that there are discrepancies among their memories. When they decide to open an old time capsule to dig up the truth, they find that the box they buried now has ten keyholes instead of nine; a mystery that only a tenth person could have the answer to.
Miyu loses her boyfriend, Mitsuki, in a truck accident. While grieving, strange phenomena begin to occur around her, and soon a colleague is murdered. Concerned about the series of deaths, she confides in her senior colleague, Konishi, and gradually finds herself drawn to him. But one day, Mitsuki suddenly reappears…
Pikachu and friends visit a town with a huge draw bridge, but problems arise when they come across Oshawatt and Tepig, who have eaten the fruits that Gothita and Darumaka had collected. They head off to collect fruits from the forest across the bridge, but then Meowth appears and tries to steal the fruits. On top of that, the bridge is raised, blocking their passage. What will Pikachu do? The fight for the fruits begins!!
Kei Omori did not have anything he wanted to do with his life. Without any specific reasons, he enrolled in a special nursing school. After his graduation, he begins work at a small-size multi-functional facility as a care worker. He has a hard time communicating with the elderly people with dementia. For the first time, he is placed in charge of 79-year-old Keiko Hoshikawa who has dementia. With the help of the staff and trial-and-error, he develops a relationship with Keiko.
Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
After a failed wedding shoot, Bae-hwan meets Ryu—a callboy tangled in a murder case—and offers him a way out.
A journalist becomes possessed by a gakidama, a spirit of the dead. Unknown to the man, a demon is now incubating in his stomach, and a mysterious stranger seem to know what afflicts him.
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
After twelve years of school - twelve years of a strict, regimented life-style - high school graduation can be a very scary moment. It's a time when a student suddenly realizes everything is about to change. And many are not ready for the drastic fluctuation in their lives. This film concentrates on traumas facing two different graduates. Hideo and his friends always hang out at The Joint, a sand-wich/soda shop near the school. Just prior to graduation, the place is closed up. This gives an unsettling message to the kids who are already queasy over their own future. They react badly by going to school and raping their homeroom teacher. Meanwhile, Ichiro, who failed the University Entrance Exam, has barricaded himself - along with girlfriend Ranko - in a hotel with a rifle.
Hikari is a girl whose mother Mari has fused with a spaceship. Traveling in the spaceship, Armadillo, Hikari experiences things and encounters people, including a strange boy called Romeo who emerged from the extracted noise she came across on the Web, and her long-lost father Raven.
Stage Adaptation of the Ensemble Stars! story, Quarrel Festival.
88th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Shiro wanted to separate from his wife Yuko, who was having many affairs with other men. Then he met his mistress Emi, whom he had separated from three years earlier. This made him decide to leave home and take refuge at his friend Miyagawa's house. When Yuko found out that Shiro and Emi had gotten back together, she asked her male friend Hideo to assault Emi. Shiro saw Emi being violated right in front of his eyes...
Shibuya Haruko is a high school student living in Tokyo. One night, she is instantly smitten by Kanagawa Kenichi, who is lying prone on a bridge. But Kenichi becomes far more interested in a girl he impulsively hits on, Mayumi, over the high-spirited Haruko.
An unprecedented bizarre murderer appears. The first victim is a young woman. Both breasts were cut off. Kyoko Mizuki, a female medical examiner, begins to feel a strange presence around her after attending the autopsy. The second and third murders occurred as if to mock the investigators. The murderer's M.O. was extremely abnormal and ruthless, mutilating the woman's body. Kyoko tries to deduce that the murderer is a psychopath. Emi, a rookie detective, is the first to get close to the killer, but she is trapped in the opposite direction.
Lovers separated during the apocalypse are swept up in a vicious grudge match between the Slum King, ruler of the wasteland, and the immortal warrior Violence Jack.
A collection of poetic and three private short stories will surely rain down on your world as a "hymn" that illuminates even the unrecognized self.
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a suspect. Will they bring the terror to an end, or will they become part of it themselves?
Company employee Sawamura Gintaro (Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki) accidentally upsets a pachinko-loving client. With a crucial business contract on the line, he desperately learns various "occult" pachinko strategies and takes on a high-stakes challenge.
Cursed videos included: 13 Years of the Curse, Policeman Doll, The Woman Looking at Afunruparo Part 1, Riverbed Madness, The Woman Looking at Afunruparo Part 2, Private Bath, Creepy Figurine, The Woman Looking at Afunruparo Part 3 & Cursed Home Movie.
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
Does being the only guy in an all-girl school sound like paradise? It might be, if the girls knew you were a guy, but to stay in school, teenage brawler Banji can't let can't let anyone find out he isn't just another pretty female face. Not only is he at the bottom of the social pecking order, he must also conceal his masculinity from classmate Otoko, who's stolen his heart, while avoiding the many delinquent gangs of girls who threaten to expose his less-than-feminine charms. Oh, and it's actually co-ed, so...
Sequel to Anne's Lullaby (1982)
In a housing complex, a college prep student is spying on his neighbor, a former peace activist, who now leads an ordinary life as a housewife, having a secret affair with an ex-lover.
Nana Mizuki's LIVE RUNNER 2020→ 2022 filmed at Saitama Super Arena on January 4th, 2022.
14th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going for the princess and will stop at nothing to win! The princess though has her own plan, which involves Ms. Yamabuki, and that of course means even Dr. Slump decides to enter with his trusty Borobo. Let the race begin...
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.
Wakabayashi is a poor office worker at a housing company. His grades have not improved recently and he has no girlfriend to spend his holidays with. One day, while slurping down ramen at his favourite restaurant, his eyes meet those of Komachi, a part-time worker who has just returned from delivery. 'Ugh, beautiful!' She was born in a foreign country, or perhaps her language is poor. She may have been born abroad and her language is poor, but she is good-natured and, above all, beautiful. Wakabayashi, who is single, falls in love at first sight, but the owner says coldly, "Don't get carried away. She's no ordinary girl", she says coldly. When Wakabayashi, who is depressed, goes to town, he sees Komachi, beautifully dressed in a yukata. What secret is she hiding behind her seemingly effortless appearance? A contemporary fantasy featuring Nao Nagasawa, a popular actress who made her debut in the Sentai series.
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.
A recurring four-against-one game of “tag” at the manor. It was a stage with no final act, where neither survivors nor hunters could escape, each carrying their past and their desires. Edgar, a painter newly invited to the manor, finds himself in the midst of this life-or-death game, where he encounters raw inspiration that shakes him to his core. Facing him is Galatea, a sculptor who ceaselessly seeks her “perfect self” and is obsessed with a maddening ideal. The encounter between these two artists shines an even deeper light on the darkness within each of them. Will they ultimately seize what they desire? Or— will they sink into the abyss of art?
High school student Mikiko travels back in time to the future using a time machine built by Monjiro, the physics club advisor. What awaited her there was the reality that her best friends, Yoko and Tatsuro, were already married and were on the verge of breaking up. Mikiko returns to the modern world with the help of future Monjiro to mend their relationship.
Kizuna Todoroki is a young girl who fights using the teachings of the Wadachi Ju-ken school. After winning a big martial arts tournament and cash prize, Kizuna's family are visited by a woman journalist for an interview but are interrupted by a new group of challengers. Studio Ascension's entry for the initial Young Animator Training Project.