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Zetcho is a feature shot on film, including the typical colouring of washed-out white and blue. Again Onishi brings together the couple’s problems, nature and brutalism, set against a colour-changing skyline or in small apartments. The structure of architecture and the one of nature. A cat hiding behind a car. While it all turns out to be a drama of killing and brutalism against women.

Hong Kong movie

Pink film distributed by Okura Eiga.

Documentary series on the students of reform schools in Beijing. Originally edited into a six-episode TV series and later a 90-minute feature film version was made.

A documentary of taiwanese writer Lai He.

There's something that's been bothering Sato lately. His cigarettes are dwindling strangely fast. He wonders if he's smoking enough for two people. Or is there someone else smoking? Then he thinks. Is there really no one in the room when I'm not there? Then one day, a man in a pair of briefs appears from the wardrobe. The man, who sometimes tries to fly on the balcony, begins to ask practical questions and give his opinion to Sato, who spends her days in a state of apathy. What is his true identity...? The world stretches out beyond his sight. When he thinks about the overwhelming size of the world, he realises how small he is. Cutting off all contact with the outside world, Sato tries to hide his fear. By using subtitles for his conversations with the man, the film succeeds in expressing his closed world. The humorous touch of the film, depicting a small rebirth that took place over a few days, was made even more striking by the ending theme music.

Pink film directed by Yutaka Ikejima.

Japanese horror film.

Yuzuru, ex-thief 106, combines his skills with those of his former enemy, Detective Onishima, intent on the destruction of a terrible evil that is beyond the reach of the law. Thrills and hardball action as these men become buddies... Based on the action novel by Azusa Katsume.

Drama from 1991

A documentary of 24th April, 1970 assassination of Chiang Ching-kuo.

The Pink Detectives ("Pink Dicks") are a spy trio that takes on secret missions in this semi-erotic action movie. This is the Last of the trilogy.

Hiromi Katori, a new employee, felt unwell during work and went to the infirmary. Then, instead of the usual Maki Kitagawa, the person there was Hanako Minamida, a flashy middle-aged stranger. Hanako tells her girlfriend Katori that the nervousness of her trying to force herself to apply to the company is causing her to lose her mental and physical balance. While telling him that she doesn't have to be useful to the company and that she should not lose her individuality, Hanako gently places him on the bed and takes her dick in her mouth.

A comedy of love and betrayal about two women suffering from mental illness and physical defects. (New theatrical edit of "Kurushime-san", with additional scenes).

A group of talented young men with fanciful notions form a film studio. However, after years of bad business, caught between lost ideals and reality, they decide to condescend to the market and make a kitschy action movie in the Hollywood fashion. In the meanwhile, every one of them attempt to find their own reflections in the filming process, therefore creating a pandemonium of contesting creativities both inside and outside the film they are making.

On a sunny day, the old man brings umbrella with him. On his way it starts raining, and he sees a woman carrying a child. He hurries over them, to cover them with his umbrella. Someone felt envious of them, trying to steal the umbrella...

Computer-painting animation film made by recycling the glistening virtual organs the artist had made for rather boring medical films for a Japanese company he worked for.

GIRLS or FU MI KO #4.

"Sex in a typhoon", a depressed pianist AV actress Nana Honda and Katsuyuki Hirano.

A collection of Hello Kitty and Friends holiday specials. Includes Hello Kitty - Santa's Missing hat, Keroppi - the Christmas Eve GIft, and Santa and His Reindeer Kuppi. (1995) From the Family Home Entertainment Christmas classics series.

Power and money! Few can deny them. Few can be freed from them. Kong is top bodyguard of a politician and big drug dealer. Kong is also a police informer for money to help his sister.

In 1993, on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth, Wen Pulin mobilized the “Sun 100” series of artistic activities, staging programs at official institutions featuring avant-garde artists in Mao’s hometown, Shaoshan. The film "Sun 100" was intended to be a document of that work, representing the country and the nation thinking about a specific quandary: What is the spiritual heritage that's been left behind by Mao Zedong, if there is any at all? Wen planned for the film to show at the 1994 Hong Kong Film Festival, but withdrew it, and has never finished it, stating that his own views on Mao have shifted. 17 discs worth of footage (roughly 28 hours) from the unfinished film are included in the Wen Pulin Avant-Garde Art Archive held at Cornell University in the U.S.

Documentary made for Oriental Time • Living Space program on Ma Yun (Jack Ma) trying to sell The Chinese yellow pages in Beijing.

A boss and his subordinate are connected in an SM relationship...

A tale set in a harbor town in Argentina, where two gauchos fall in love with one girl. A tale over-flowing with pesos and human interest.

Pinku distributed by Okura Eiga

A twist on the classic tale of Snow White which has been fused with the tale of the Frog Prince in this animated feature length film.

In the years before 1995, young artists who pursued free creativity came from all over the country to Yuanmingyuan, in the western suburbs of Beijing. These people settled in the rental houses of the village farmers, and then ambitiously bought paint-stretched canvases to explore and create art. The biggest difficulty they face is to make up for the monthly rent to be paid to the landlord. Selling paintings is not their only means of survival; they would also rely on other crafts to maintain their lives. Their works were very different; they have a spirit of rebellion, and they do not conform to traditional aesthetics. This is what caused Sate officials to intervene. (Shot May–December 1995.)

Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great change in the life of the Chu family and created a series of thrilling amusing incidents. One day, Papa Chu brought Guava to the office but negligently lost it. When Dolly heard that Guava got lost, she was very sad and decided to leave home to search for Guava. In order to help Dolly, Chu Pi, Papa Chu's son, called his buddies to join Dolly in the search of Guava. An interesting, worrying search journey by a group of children began...

A follow-up to 1996's documentary on the massacre at Cheju island, Red Hunt 2 exposes the real facts of the outrage upon personal rights and the brutal butchering occurred 50 years ago. Lives of nine survivors with their grieving testimony expose the horror of six yearlong massacres by Rhee Seung-man regime which still lingers today.

Hong Kong movie

Behind the scenes of "Bishôjo senshi Sailor Moon". The quest to find the perfect actresses for the parts, first day of filming and the press conferance presenting the new Sailor Guardians to the world.

Hong Kong movie

Pink film directed by Akio Watanabe

Erotic film directed by Masatomo Yatake.

Japanese horror anthology

A collection of 6 shorts ranging from animated to live-action. Released by Toei Video on VHS.

Pinku distributed by Shintoho

A black and white preface shows a woman in a traditional kimono climbing the stairs as WWII era Mitsubishi Zeros fly through the sky and footage of the Japanese military of the era is superimposed over the footage. She stops at the top of the stairs to say her prayers, rings a bell, and heads inside where the footage is shot in color. She unravels her kimono and rubs her face with the cloth before wrapping her blade and lovingly touching it. She pulls it across her stomach and slits herself open, falling to the mat. She crawls across the mat, dying, slipping in her own slick blood until she can't move anymore.

"I sobbed today..." This bizarre monologue is followed by a dialogue with a unique tempo. Then, fragments of daily life are written on the screen in an unhurried manner. When the dialogue and the screen are fused together, there is an exquisite sense of mismatch, and a warm and heart-warming world begins to unfold on the screen. The film is a humorous essay in the form of a letter to a lover, telling the story of an ordinary day, but with a descriptive power that is anything but ordinary.

Pink film directed by Yukio Kitazawa.

Liu Zeyuan is a farmer on the edge of the desert at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. He grows food and raises camels, and his family's annual income is 5,000 yuan. Liu Picheng is a fisherman on Jingwa Island, part of the isolated Liaodong Peninsula; he is unwilling to attract attention and becomes hostile to the camera. The living environment and conditions of these two families are different, but the directors try to find some common ground while expressing the two respective unique lifestyles. In fact, these lives are firmly swayed by nature: sand storms can destroy everything, just as the ocean tide can destroy everything, and for the two protagonists, the difficult grasp of the future and their children also brings them the same loneliness. Filmed in 1989, Sand and Sea received the Grand Prix award from the 1991 Asian Broadcasting and Television Union.

The president of an advertising company who divorced his business partner molested a woman on a train, who turned out to be their new client. She becomes physically involved with the president and is proposed to, but then changes her mind after consulting with his ex-partner directly.

Love comedy on the south island. Misato is a 19 year old charming girl who lives with her stubborn brother who goes on a trip to Okinawa with her girlfriends.

A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.

The school Eiko attends has a motto of educating ladies, so the discipline committee members are no joke! Eiko is appointed to the discipline committee and begins patrolling. There, she sees her best friend Yoko entering a hotel in her school uniform, and a senior member of the discipline committee having an affair with a teacher. Then, she is attacked by someone...

Commissioned by the city of Kochi to mark the opening of its Museum of Modern Art, this experimental feature by Japan's foremost gay indie film-maker almost defies description. The film is divided into six 10-minute chapters (or 'boxes') which, says Oki, add up to an image of 'heaven'.

On one day in September 1992, a driver (Xie Dong) goes to pick up his girlfriend, who is working the night shift. He happens to meet a cellist, Yingzi (Kong Lin), who missed her bus. After he drops off Yingzi, he finds her pager in his car.

Mitsuhiro, an erotic manga artist, is instructed by editor-in-chief Shioda to write an erotic manga aimed at gays. He reluctantly agrees, but is unable to tell his father, Yumihiko, who lives with him. Yumihiko raised Mitsuhiro single-handedly while working at the village office. Mitsuhiro is grateful to his father. In reality, Mitsuhiro was gay. He has a faint crush on his best friend, Yutaka, but in the countryside he can't openly say he's gay, so he keeps it to himself. Mitsuhiro is daydreaming while watching Yutaka fishing in the river today. The two of them indulge in playing in the river naked with Yutaka...

A mockumentary that explores the self-empowerment of a Native woman who is ready to defeat white supremacy on her own terms.

Japanese documentary about the world tour of legendary Korean Pon-chak singer Epaksa.

A live-action film adaptation of the manga by Dookuman Pro. Duncan gives a dynamic performance as the high-energy inspector, whilst Norika Fujiwara plays his female detective colleague with passion! The Osaka Prefectural Police’s Dotonbori Station is a lawless, chaotic hotbed of miscreants. Among them, Inspector Washika stands out as a legendary figure, overwhelming others with his beast-like temperament and sheer power. He loves shooting guns and women, and has written countless disciplinary reports over the years! Yusuke, Takuya, Miki and the others are assigned to this very Dotonbori Station. Sure enough, the rookie duo are constantly being led by the nose by the extreme Washika. To make matters worse, cases—from drug deals and rape to convenience store robberies—keep piling up one after another, and the situation only gets more complicated. As if that weren’t enough, Miki has been kidnapped by a rapist! How on earth will Washika and his team sort out this worst-case scenario!?