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Short film made by Kotobuki Shiriagari, featured in Tokyo Loop.

2004 release

A man hijacks a bus in Japan, absurdity ensues.

Captain Zhong from the guerilla force "the 8th Route" is hiding from the Japanese army in a village where Zhang Ga lives. The young boy tries to help the captain but his failure leads to dramatic circumstances.

A book that claims that housewives are livestock kept by their husbands has become a hot topic. The author is Eri Kawamura. Housewives Tamayo and Hiroko are enraged by this claim and approach Eri's mistresses with the intention of blowing a bubble with Eri, but... The second installment of the series by Sachi Hamano.

In the course of the wintry period under the socialist regime which froze all freedoms, there was an ephemeral but lively spring called the Prague Spring. This is recalled as an important page in modern history.

A film about Chinese underground filmmakers who were the first to express their truthful and realistic views on China from 1989 until today. It is also the first film to speak about the Chinese homosexual film scene. The documentary features Chinese intellectuals and directors such as Cui Zi’en, Jia Zhangke, Ju An Qi, Li Yu, Liu Bingjian, Liu Hao, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yuan.

Le jeune Geza est le coureur le plus rapide de sa génération. Les médecins découvrent que sa jeune soeur, malade, doit être opérée du coeur. Or, l'opération coûte cher et la famille de Geza est pauvre. L'adolescent n'a plus qu'un espoir : participer à une grande course organisée à travers le Tibet, et dont le gagnant se verra remettre une très grosse somme d'argent. Devenu le héros de tout un pays, Geza va vivre une incroyable aventure, pleine de joie et de suspense, d'émotions et de rencontres.

Made for in 2005, this video interview features director Seijun Suzuki and production designer Takeo Kimura. These longtime collaborators discuss the making of GATE OF FLESH.

A film crew visits a mountain-top pension for an idol's photo book. Sudden heavy rain that night. The film crew is left alone in the isolated villa. Then tragedy strikes...

Ray comes to Chaingmai Thailand on a mission to be ordained as a Buddhist monk. When his bag is stolen, Ray's attempt to retrieve his possessions leads him to the discovery of the true meaning of enlightenment.

Reiko, an art teacher, couldn’t get used to her work due to the lack of courage of the students. One day, she meets Yoji, a school refusal student, on the bank where she went to draw a picture. A sensual school drama in which former Takarasienne Rika Mizusawa shows off her bold acting.

Kunimatsu is an old man who has never had a steady job and has devoted his life to molestation. He and his wife, who he met through a sexual relationship, had a daughter who was only two years old, but she died of an illness. His wife also died at the young age of 35. He has no relatives left, and the only person who adores him, a younger brother, is leaving Tokyo and retreating to his wife's countryside home. One day, a girl wearing a red school bag appears before the old man...

The live show was filmed on December 4 and 5, 1994 at :Parco Theater Shibuya in Tokyo.

This is a story about a girl who is willing to climb up the social ladder by any means. She soon turns to prostitution because of the lucrative money. This leads her in contact with criminal gangs and she gets involved with their dealings.

On a country road, a young girl meets her classmates.

Sakaki, a university professor, and two female university students visit Benihana Village to investigate the legend of a demon woman. They peel off a piece of paper from a storehouse in the old mansion where they are staying and enter the house, but are then attacked by strange occurrences, including an unexplained high fever.

Straight to video film.

Fahsai is a teacher at an all girls school. One day the school decides to open a soccer team thus they need to recruit boys into their school. Seventeen boys apply to the school but seven of them are gays and have no interests in soccer.

Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migrant agricultural workers traveling from Sichuan in China's interior, to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China's northwest frontier.[1] Through informal interviews aboard the cramped rail cars, Ning Ying explores the hopes and dreams of the workers, many of whom have never left their homes before.

Reiko, the founding leader of the all-girl biker gang Purple Emperor, known for tearing through the streets in her customised bike and tokkōfuku uniform, decides to retire. She dreams of making a name for herself in Tokyo, but the world isn’t kind to a high school dropout with a biker gang past. Amid her struggles, she meets Ryuji, a man working for a trading company...

A documentary that tells the story of Choi Hyun-sook, the first out lesbian parliamentarian candidate in Korea who ran for Jongno-gu in the April 2008 National Assembly election. It's a story about people who dream of a world where minorities are happy, and who, with expectation and aspiration, find the campaign headquarters and made an election with Choi Hyun-sook.

The short describes a day in the life of Slowking, from wake up to sleep.

The psychic boom is back with the arrival in Japan of "HEROES," a drama series surpassing "24" in popularity! A real-life incident is fully filmed based on the testimonies of those involved!

The films of Oguchi Yoko are extremely personal. In addition, Oguchi herself has a special personality that makes her films very special. She is an outspoken masochist and experiments in life and work with her sexual proclivities. She can get surprised about what people think is normal in the field of love and could find little understanding for her own norms. That's why she made a film about it.

A festival star, Tomioka does not fail to deliver in his wild and unique take on the world. His multi-coloured animation talents take us on a whirlwind trip of old school trams with weird and wonderful characters

TRUNK, also known as WebCINEMA TRUNK, is a three-part short film directed by Shinji Aoyama. Released online as part of an experimental web cinema project and a marketing campaign, it follows an office worker who becomes entangled in a series of unexpected events involving theft, abduction, and pursuit across shifting urban and international settings. Mixing live-action drama with animated inserts, the film explores themes of chance encounters and the unpredictability of everyday life.

Hong Kong movie

In a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past, Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide.

A horror drama in which a young man is struck with fear by a female ghost. Toshio, a video rental store employee, is in love with Mayumi, a regular customer, but she soon dies mysteriously. One day, Mayumi appears before Toshio wearing mourning clothes. Since that day, Toshio has been losing his vitality...

Nana and Yui witness someone else's intimate encounter and the hearts of two girls start pounding with excitement! They can't help but press their gentle pink lips together, at first...

A live-action adaptation of the story of Shigeo Yanagawa, known as the "Legendary Bare-Knuckle Yakuza"! What kind of life did this incredibly strong man's short existence entail?! Undefeated in bare-knuckle fights, the man who was too strong, "Bare-Knuckle Shige," a.k.a. Shigeo Yanagawa, quickly gained attention even as a high school student for his impressive fighting skills and charismatic personality, becoming a prominent figure in Matsuyama, Shikoku. However, Shigeo himself had no interest in the world of yakuza and was instead aiming to take university entrance exams. Things changed when an attempt was made on the life of Genichiro Kumada, the head of the Kumada family who had looked after Shigeo. This incident drew him into the yakuza world. Shigeo rose to prominence as Matsuyama's top enforcer. The life of Shigeo Yanagawa, a man who left his mark on post-war outlaw history, is now fully brought to life in this live-action adaptation!

For Hemi, a boyfriend in a protective suit would be an easy thing to deal with compared to her own problem: she's in love with a Coffee Vending machine! Of course, it all makes perfect sense once you realize that he's actually an ancient Samurai who wished to be reborn into an indestructible steel body. But it certainly makes the dates uncomfortable and somewhat prone to scalding!

A man wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea who he is.

"Try was originally shot on Super-8mm film and then re-shot on video. The idea was to have the image of young kids kissing forever. Ecstasy here is so wasted." (Stom Sogo)

The fourth in the series about a high school girl caught up in a series of disappearances. Aya makes a fake suicide video with a friend, and discovers that her image, which she has no recollection of, is being distributed on the Internet.

The innocent children in the village are happy to play in the village, singing nursery rhymes. Such a scenario no longer exists. The village children disappeared out of thin air, adults panicked, the village's one-eyed old yin and yang mother-in-law said that the legendary Tiger Gospel again appeared sixty years later. As the case is unusual, the police sent out excellent young police officers.

Episode 1: It’s been six months since ANNA and her boyfriend KOTA have started living together. They enjoy having sex while talking about their naughty imaginations. One day, JYURI, Anna’s childhood friend, comes to their apartment. Listening to JYURI’s stories about ANNA makes KOTA jealous for not knowing his girlfriend as much as her, and he comes up with a plan….. Episode 2: JYURI lives with TAKESHI, her boyfriend from college. Recently, TAKESHI has suffered ED without a known cause. She tries hard to make love to him, but TAKESHI cannot have an erection. One day, JYURI’s childhood friend ANNA comes over and asks her an advice…..

DON'T STOP A.I. JAPAN TOUR is AI's third concert DVD, and fourth overall video release. It contains footage from the last show of her DON'T STOP A.I. JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan, making this her second show there.

Short film by Kenji Yamauchi

The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in various government posts, such as Keeper of the Archives. This gentleman had great poetic ability, a handsome honor, was valorous, and was generally of an open and natural nature. This Narihara meets the beautiful Princess Takaiko, who is working as a dancing girl at one of the imperial flower banquets... (Same cast but 2002 version.)

The Narukami family and the Tsuchigumo family have protected Japan since ancient times. The Tsuchigumo family plotted to overthrow Japan through magic. In order to save this country, the Narukami clan approaches Tomoe, the only human who inherits the blood of both families. The demonic hands of the Tsuchigumo family are closing in on Tomoe! What is the fate of Japan?

#56 in the series.

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Super Ninja and Super Kuroko is the Super Video of Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Promotional video for Chara's song "Skirt", directed by Sogo Ishii.

Jin-su, a 9-year-old elementary school student whose dream is to become a boxing referee, doesn't know why he wants to be a boxing referee, but at some point he started to feel a sense of duty to become one. However, he is suspicious of his father, who has nothing to do with boxing. "Where did the hot boxing referee's blood flowing in my body come from?" Jin-su turns his gaze to the three uncles who used to be around his mother. Seong-jin, Bi-chan, and Wang-gu. They are all uncles who only look at their mother and exercise at the boxing gym that their grandfather used to run. Jin-su sees from these uncles the qualities that a boxing referee must have and learns the whole story. On the day his mother announced her marriage to the three people, everything happened because of that.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Kim Jee-woon's 2003 psychological horror film 'A Tale of Two Sisters.'

Takarazuka Moon Troupe 2005 production of the Viennese musical Elisabeth

In Breaking the Willow, tells the story of two Chinese women, of different dynasty & society, their personal link to a bejeweled Phoenix Tierra. Cui, a woman of humble background, who divorce her husband to marry again for comfort, who dreams her husband will gain title and bring the official Phoenix Tierra to honor her. One day her dream come true but is too late. Hsiao Yu, a beautiful songstress from a royal decent of the past dynasty, meets the First Scholar and falls in love. The day after their wedding, the husband is called for the frontier. The fallen Princess wears her Phoenix Tierra to bid him fare well poetry.