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Tobita, Osaka, a closed down drinking area. A sign announces the closure. She has left her broken home Yoshitada (Satomi Katsuji), who had abandoned his broken family and was living in an old drinking area in Osaka, received news that his father, Kazuyoshi (Takada Wataru) Yoshitada (Satomi Katsuji), who had abandoned his broken home and lived in an old bar in Osaka, returns to Kichijoji, Tokyo for the first time in thirteen years after receiving news that his father Kazuyoshi (Takada Wataru) is in critical condition. Yoshitada (Satomi Katsuji) returns to Kichijoji after 13 years. his younger brother, his aunt and uncle, his friends and the town where he grew up. The conflict in his mind. And confrontation. Eventually, Yoshitada makes peace with his father. One night, his father quietly One night, his father quietly passes away. Will Yoshitada stay in this town? After the death of his father, the photo shop is closed. A sign announcing the closure sways in the wind.

Hinako, a former JSDF officer is tasked to find a company president's daughter who went missing in Bangkok.

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

8mm b/n film portrait of Kumiko Watanuki.

Not to be confused with 'Rose' (1996).

Mourning the Tang Dynasty, in a small market in Yongzhou. Uncle Li, a fruit farmer, is kind and fair, and his business is booming. Small peddler Wang Er resorted to fraud to deceive customers. On the way home, the two of them took the same boat and crossed to the middle of the river where the boat broke.

A cinematic rendition of Shuji Terayama’s poem, Astronomy of Love. The sweeping mood of the poem is mirrored in the cosmic landscapes Ando weaves together: lush sunsets, moonlit oceans and twinkling nocturnal cities.

Chisato Moritaka 9th Live video 1 Opening 2 Utopia 3 Telephone 4 SWEET CANDY 5 {WATARASE BASHI} 6 {UMI-MADE GO-FUN}: [It is five minutes to the sea] 7 {ZARU-DE MIZU-KUMU KOI-GOKORO}: [Love feeling to draw up water with a colander] 8 Rock'n Roll {KENCHO-SHOZAICHI}: [Rock'n Roll prefectural capital] 9 {KIKEN-NA HODOU}: [Dangerous pavement] 10 {TSUMETAI TSUKI}: [A cold moon] 11 {TANPOPO-NO TANE}: [Seed of the dandelion] 12 La La Sunshine 13 {KONOMACHI}: [Hometown] 14 {NAGASARETE}: [I was influenced] 15 {ANATA-HA NINKIMONO}: [You are a popular person] 16 {WATASHI-GA OBASAN-NI NATTEMO}: [Even if I become a middle age lady] 17 SNOW AGAIN 18 {JUNANA-SAI}: [Seventeen] (Carnation Version) 19 {KIBUN-SOKAI}: [Fine feeling] 20 {AME} [Rain]

The third and last installment in the Karo and Piyobupt series by Koji Yamamura

Hi-8 short film by Rei Harakami

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...

A colorful psychedelic animation developed by drawing motifs of each part of the ear and body.

A collection of indie short movies from indie movie group "Cinema Hihoukan" 1- Guroizo-- X Aishuu no Sayuri-chan Violent parody of the Manga/Anime "Obake no Q-Tarō" 2- Sakura no Ame, Itsuka Cutesy music video 3- Titanic-San Parody of Titanic 4- Poppo-Ya 4 Parody of the Ken Takakura movie "Poppo-ya" 5- Cho-Dokonjō Gaeru (Part 1) Parody of the Manga/Anime "Dokojo Gaeru", to be continued... 6- Munekyun Deka Parody of Japanese detective shows where the main detective can feel the presence of criminals nearby whenever her "Heart Flutters" 7- Koi no Wan Wan March One man monologue about a man pouring his heart out for a lady but then he gets shot and dies. 8- LoliCop Robocop parody where a Lolicon seeks revenge from his fellow Lolicon who betrayed him for reasons.

1997 release

A university PR film produced on the occasion of film critic Shigehiko Hasumi’s appointment as president of the University of Tokyo. Natsume Sōseki’s Sanshirō, from which the Sanshirō Pond on the Hongo campus takes its name, intricately intersects with the contemporary university space. Scattered throughout are diverse cinematic techniques and motifs, while the enigmatic smile of a woman with a parasol lures viewers into a strange and uncanny world.

The live concert movie centers around the last day at Yokohama Arena during his first tour "HIDE OUR PSYCHOMMUNITY - Hide no Heya e Yokoso". Hide's ideas and stage gimmicks were constantly changing and developing even during concert tours. Another surprise about this video is that in 1993, Hide already foresaw that there was going to be a hardware that allows viewers to enjoy films in multi-angle mode, and because of that idea, the clip for "Doubt" was filmed in multi-angle mode. That film footage was shelved till now that finally DVD carries that feature.

Tomoyo Harada live performance compilation from 1991.

Super-8 film by Tachibana Kaoru, silent.

Silent art film utilizing landscape and light.

International drug ring Madame Q and its action team members Kang-min and Cheol-ho travel to Hong Kong to deal methamphetamine with the Hong Kong Mister Y gang, but they sense a trap and shoot them indiscriminately.

1994 film by Thai martial arts director, Panna Rittikrai. Thai action supermo Panna Rittikrai stars as a hard boiled gangster who takes control of a Bangkok suburb with a violent and iron grip. Great fights and stunts galore.

I was 20 years old when I just started living on my own. I was 20 years old when I first started living on my own, and all sorts of "what if I become ________" thoughts came into my head. The "too small" me, who used to murmur childish fantasies like "What if that cloud falls down" or "What if I don't know where I live?

A collection of 15 short episodes depicting the magic world of Phantasmagoria.

Moon Troupe's stage play.

First film in the Death Press series

A collection of 8 scary stories selected by Junji Inagawa, who himself has had many bizarre experiences, takes us into a spine-chilling world of the super scary.

The film was born from discovering a Super 8 film shot by her deceased father during her childhood, and unfurls through a personal archive of images and reminiscences that patch together the life of this complex and reserved individual. In its quest to deconstruct the mundane, private appeal of family memories, Doi calls the film an “anti-home movie,” yet in keeping with the diaristic quality of her previous works, My father, burned paints its portrait of memory akin to a window onto a chamber or interior space, through which ambiguous emotions resonate and resound.

70 years ago, a massacre called ‘Red Hunt’ occurred in Jeju island. Over 6 years, countless lives were murdered in the Daranshi cave, Jungbang waterfall, and Ompang field. There was no line between life and death. There were only ideological and political strategies that surrounded Jeju. After 49 years, survivors can finally testify the memories that could not be forgotten.

A woman, who barely escaped from the Collapse of Sung-soo Bridge 3 years ago, remembers her high school friends who died in the tragic accident.

In Korea, when things go wrong in the household, the housewife may consult a shaman to determine if the problem is caused by an angry god or ancestor. The occupation of shaman is female dominated and holds a dual reputation in contemporary Korean society. In one respect, shamans are considered lewd women who promote superstition; in another, they are seen as keeping alive the religious ideals of the past. The film follows one woman's trials from when she felt destined to be a shaman through her two-day initiation ceremony. The emotional impact of the ceremony, which is apparent throughout, reaches a climax during the ritual of the 'knife riding general' in which the initiate stands barefoot on knife blades in order to receive the spirits and speak in their voices.

The story takes place in a Karst mountainous area in southwestern China. There is a karst cave called "Fengyan Cave" inhabited by a Han village of 56 households and more than 280 people. Eight generations have been extended here. In the cave village, there is a special relationship that brings the whole village together to face the sinister nature; here, each member of this cave "big family" shares a "big roof"; they share the same Gods; drink a pool together; walk a mountain road to the outside world together...

The drama and shared women of three brothers.

The happy lives of Haengdang-dong residents are overturned when their land is slated for redevelopment.

A low budget Thai action thriller starring Panna Rittikrai. A TV series was later developed with same title “ทูตมรณะ” and aired in 1990 starring Sorapong Chatree and Sombat Methanee.

An assassin called GJ is paid to kill a Yakuza crimelord. However, unknown to GJ, the criminal uses a double when he travels and GJ mistakenly kills him. He now finds the entire Japanese and Russian underworlds want him dead.

The “constants” that describe the real world. That sequence of numbers, like an incantation, guarantees this world that feels undeniably real to us. And while sustained by them, we observe the world. Within the diffuse reflections of our countless gazes, the world is constructed inside us. The constructed world, in turn, begins to weave its own “constants.” To be observers; could that not be the very reason for our existence?

The police begin an investigation into the death of a cafe owner who was working as a nude model for two artists, Jae-hoon and Woo-il.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Under a sweltering midsummer sky, two boys arrive in their uniforms. "I want to play baseball! But what awaits them is a completely empty field. A suspicious caretaker appears and tells them that the ground for the game has been changed, and invites them to go somewhere else. The unintelligible and absurd conversations between the protagonists and the labyrinthine countryside make you laugh. It is as if they have been thrown into a dream, and the mysterious world that unfolds on the screen will surely awaken in the audience nostalgia for summer that has been lying dormant in the depths of their hearts.

The second short in the series Karo and Piyobupt by Koji Yamamura

This is a compilation of Tezuka Osamu's classic animated film masterpieces. His uniqueness and love for animated films can be fully appreciated, ranging from his very first work to the work that marked the culmination of his career as an animated film writer, "The Legend of the Forest." This film was produced for the Tezuka Osamu Exhibition (held at the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art) in the summer of 1990, and was then released in different parts of Japan. Some of Japan's leading cartoonists and animators who had been good friends with Tezuka Osamu wrote each of the 10 letters comprising the title.

Annie and her family are spending the holidays with an old aunt at a remote mountain village. For this city girl, the big adventure begins at The Ching-Hsiow Villa! Here she learns of the old aunt\'s love story during the Japanese colonial era, meets a magic raccoon, and makes friends with the local Native Taiwanese. Full of surprises - and some minor dangers, too! - this is an unforgettable vacation for Annie and her family. One of the few outstanding Taiwanese animation productions in recent years and a nominee for Best Animated Features at the Golden Horse Award in 1997, ANNIE\'S MAGIC RACCOON is a simple and yet profound tale about the heart. It also reflects the emerging awareness of environmental and political issues in Taiwan in the early nineties.

It is the day after President Park's death. Four children are left at home alone while their parents visit relatives in the country. A small dose of responsibility turns into an abuse of power as the older sisters start bossing their younger brothers around. The boys attempt to entertain themselves, and keep from starving, until their parents return.

It is the beginning of the twentieth century. Edward, the second son of an historic Scottish baronial family, leaves home to join the army. One day, he receives a letter from his twin brother Laurence who has fallen ill. He begs Edward to return home. Edward does as he is bidden, only to learn that Laurence is seriously in debt and has mortgaged the family estate. Laurence expects Edward to assist him in his plight.

Countless dwarves appeared from the omelet that the skinhead man tried to eat. They infiltrate the man's brain and finally explode his head. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

Never broadcasted film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning. Whether it's a feature or a short is not known.

Documentary on a 58-year old lady from a rural village in Sichuan.

an overweighted school boy is forced by his parents to join a summer camp where something suspicious is happening.