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The Two Headed Dragon

Shinjuku has descended into chaos. Former Hanayuki family members Ryushin Takeda (Mikio Osawa) and Daisuke Tsurumi (Junichi Kawamoto) murdered their own boss and wakagashira, then began recklessly invading other territories. After their casino is hit, Hozumi (Seiki Nagahara), head of the Hozumi group under the Kurohime family, moves to retaliate—but the conflict is settled when Ryutaro Dojima (Yasukaze Motomiya), head of the Doryukai and Kurohime family Wakagashira aide, takes responsibility for the fallout. Intrigued by Takeda and Tsurumi, Dojima has them share sake cups and brings them into his family. At the same time, Chifumi Iwaguma (Hidekazu Akai), head of the Iwaguma group under Japan’s largest syndicate, the Udagawa-gumi, visits Hozumi and proposes a brotherhood pact. As everyone schemes to rise to the top, a new era of yakuza conflict begins.

The Two Headed Dragon

NR 2017
1BR Love Hotel

A comeback film and the first in two years from Kokuei, a long-running production company specializing in erotic "pink" cinema. It uses trivial conversations in a love hotel to shine a light on the subtle differences in the emotional makeup of men and women. Its screenplay, by female filmmaker Fukai Asako, was nominated for the 5th Pink Screenplay Grand Prize. A woman in a one-piece dress (Yamagishi Yuka) and a long-haired man (Moriya Fumio) enter a love hotel and are extremely pleased with their comfortable room. They play in the bath, order food, sing karaoke, and connect physically in between. They fantasize about being able to live there permanently, but slowly grow aware of their respective personal issues.

1BR Love Hotel

NR 2013
Give Me the Sun

Clearly, the comfort woman controversy is far from resolved - and that explains why Zhongyi Ban has now completed his third documentary on the subject. "Give Me the Sun" introduces us to a group of seven aging Chinese women whose bodies and minds were irrevocably scarred by the unspeakable brutality inflicted on them during World War II, when they were being gang-raped for months until their families ransomed them. Some were lured into sexual slavery by locals working for the Japanese Army, who promised them work in factories or hospitals; others were simply abducted and enslaved in the nearest comfort stations. Chinese scholars have estimated that close to 100,000 women were forcibly taken from their homes during the war, although lack of official documentation has made it difficult for historians to reach an agreement on the exact figure.

Give Me the Sun

NR 2019
BABYMETAL Live at Tokyo Dome - WORLD TOUR 2016 - LEGEND - METAL RESISTANCE - Black Night

The "Live at Tokyo Dome: Black Night" concert was a monumental finale to BABYMETAL's World Tour 2016, held at one of Japan's most iconic venues. This performance, part of a two-night event, showcased BABYMETAL at the peak of their theatrical and musical prowess. Su-metal, Moametal, and Yuimetal performed a diverse setlist that spanned their entire repertoire, including epic renditions of songs like "Karate" and "THE ONE." The massive stage production, complete with elaborate lighting, pyrotechnics, and moving platforms, created a visually stunning spectacle that matched the intensity of their music. The Black Night concert was not only a display of BABYMETAL's dynamic ability to fuse metal and pop but also a celebration of their global success and cultural impact, drawing thousands of fans from around the world.

BABYMETAL Live at Tokyo Dome - WORLD TOUR 2016 - LEGEND - METAL RESISTANCE - Black Night

9.9 2016
Gone With the Wind

Takarazuka Star Troupe, 2014. It's 1862, one year since the start of the U.S. Civil War. After the death of her husband Charles from illness during the war, Scarlett goes to Atlanta, a hive of activity that is serving as a munitions base for the army of the South, to live with her sister-in-law Melanie and others. Scarlet has long been in love with Ashley, Melanie's husband. She had left her hometown in the hope of being reunited with Ashley, who had gone off to war, but now she has run into another man. This one is rumored to be a rogue who is making excessive profits by running the North's blockades, transporting military stores to the South. He is Rhett Butler, who had earlier spotted Scarlett secretly confess her love to Ashley at a party held at the Wilkes residence, also known as the "Oak Estate."

Gone With the Wind

10.0 2014
Charme!

The French word "charme" can express ideas such as "attractiveness," "loveliness," "magic" and "bewitchment." Lurking amid the flowers and lights of the city of Paris is a revue that unfolds on a stage below the city streets that is at once both provocative and captivating. Flower Troupe, a unique group led by Asumi Rio and her ability to amaze and mesmerize audiences with the variegated forms she takes on with each performance, hits the stage to present sophisticated brilliance, sensual beauty, along with hope of finding the light in the darkness.

Charme!

NR 2019
Capital Conflict

The Tenma-kai, a Kansai yakuza organization, has been eagerly eyeing an expansion into Kanto, breaking the long-standing agreement between the two regions. In this crisis, Takeda (Nishioka Tokuma), the leader of the Takeda Family, proposes uniting the Kanto yakuza under a single alliance to block the Tenma-kai's incursion. While many groups quickly agree to the plan, the Kyotoukai alone refuses to cooperate. Suspicion arises that the Kyotoukai's leader, Nishijima (Taro Suwa), might betray them and side with the Tenma-kai. Concerned by this possibility, Yamamoto (Matsuda Masaru), an executive of the Kyotoukai, turns to Enomoto (Yasukaze Motomiya), the Takeda Family's underboss assistant, for advice. However, that very night, Yamamoto is mysteriously murdered! Enomoto sets out to pursue the killer, but...

Capital Conflict

NR 2017
Space Noise

[Space Noise] is a performance in which the double 25 FPS award winner confronts high-resolution video images and 16mm live projection. A duel between the all-dominant immaculate digital and the irregular organic material dissolves in multiple layers of chaos. Enormous quantities of light movements from film loops capture the screen in thousands of pixels of digital projection and create new images in constant change and enhancement. The sound accompanying them live only repeats and spreads the noise, developing images by whirling speed. Noise, located on the tape as a constituent part of the film, becomes the aim of Makino’s quest – Noise-Image. This quest for a new film experience intensifies with additional effects – a smoke curtain reveals the fullness of the light beams’ rainbow spectrum, while a neutral single-eye ND filter creates a three-dimensional illusion.

Space Noise

NR 2015