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DVD footage of AKB48 Team B's 1st Stage "Seishun Girls"

The main character finds a ticket and a small box in "a room in an apartment" on the boundary between dream and reality. I wake up after sleeping, and when I fall asleep again, I'm on the "Sannokan Railway". A ticket transports him to the city of fantasy, "Sannohako Peninsula". Products of the past and scenery seen somewhere. The main character is led to a nostalgic place where he saw someone at the Hyakushiki Ryokan "Soran no Ma", which overlooks the sea. Full of sorrow and full of hope that they might be able to get it back. Through the journey, the man faces his deep sorrow.

Thousands of years in a mysterious land called The Middle Kingdom, many legends were created. Martial arts was one of them, made famous by its name Kungfu. In an ancient temple we encounter a little boy. Through practicing Zen Buddhism and Kungfu, our little monk eventually grows and finally reaches the sacred goal of enlightenment.

Biopic of Takadaya Kahei.

A grandmother tries to learn to play the drums. She finally found a young man who was willing to teach her to play the drums and the young man was a former drummer for a death-metal band.

With Siao-lu’s classmate Yu-Tin’s (played by Gigi Lin) help Siao-lu finds coach Chang who trains disabled player. Siao-lu happens to know coach Chang is Jie’s father. Even though she wants to help them to reconcile, she couldn’t find a way. On the other hand, she has her own thinking towards her dream. On her 20 years’ old birthday, she announces her plan of receiving training to her family. Although her mother is against it, with her sister’s help, Xiao-Lu finally convinces her mother with doctor’s approval; her mother approves her request reluctantly Flinging into the training completely, Siao-lu doesn’t pay attention to the change of her body condition. On the eve of the competition, fate forces Siao-lu to compete with time. Can Siao-lu accomplish her dream? Can Jie and Coach Chang reconcile? Can Siao-lu complete the training and the competition with her love and courage in her heart ?

Junji Inagawa tells the latest stories in his "Most Fearful Stories" series.

Documentary about the great Japanese documentary maker Tsuchimoto Noriaki made a couple of years before his death.

2009 release

Liu Xianhong, a Hebei peasant, contracted HIV from a routine hospital blood transfusion. This documentary is the story of her arduous but successful litigation against the hospital responsible. The film documents the fates of several families infected with HIV in the same manner, and reveals rural China's awakening social consciousness against the backdrop of the camaraderie, support, and love that the victims find in each other.

Behind-the-scenes production on the 1999 South Korean drama-horror 'Memento Mori.'

This is the latest in a documentary series that introduces authentic ghost photographs carefully selected from numerous public submissions and explores the haunting truth behind them.The film traces the background behind the ghost photos taken and includes unknown horror episodes encountered by people haunted by ghosts.

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 2002 production, based on "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. Special 88th Anniversary production along with Flower Troupe version the following week.

The director, twenty-three-year-old Iwabuchi Hiroki, is a permanent part-timer who on weekdays does menial work at a factory for 1,250 yen an hour, and on weekends takes on casual temporary work in Tokyo, a city he is fascinated with. He joins a demonstration demanding rights for permanent part-timers, and is featured on TV as "a poor, unhappy temporary worker." Despite having made his own choice to live as a permanent part-timer, he says that "the days feel like drowning in shallow water." But during the diary-like documentation of his life, something changes...

In this work, I captured a fleeting moment from an ordinary day spent at a retreat with students, bringing forth a video space in extreme slow motion at 1/128 of real-time speed. This moment, which passes by without being perceived by the body, exists in the space between fantasy and reality.

Exclusive at the top in the psychic horror documentary. Can you directly see the truth projected by the camera? " "Paris Trip" and seven other posted videos are included.

Kao Chin Su-mei, a former actress and now a legislator in the Taiwan Legislative Yuan (the legislative assembly), is from the Tayal tribe, one of the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan. Together with both the Taiwan Aborigine Workgroup, consisting of all the tribes including the Han people, and the aboriginal music group Feijuyuenbao Synectics, she finds the courage to fight for the return of their ancestors’ souls from Japan. Their appeal is unambiguous: “We cannot bear it that our ancestors’ souls are still in Japan. This is because we are not Japanese.”

2007 release

MISAKI", a much talked-about 3-minute drama combining psychological horror suspense, has been released with slaughter scenes and making-of footage that could not be broadcast on TV! The director's cut version of “MISAKI” is packed with more extreme scenes, allowing viewers to enjoy the horror of the film in depth.

A lonely accountant adjusting to big city life, a struggling manga artist forced to conclude her series and a millennial convenience store clerk without direction; three women decades apart all bound by one inescapable fate.

A candid peek into the culture of male sex workers in Beijing.

2004 release

Eriko went to Tokyo with the dream of becoming an actress, but it didn't go well, so she decided to return to the countryside. The day before, on the way back from a farewell party held by friends, he was talked to by office worker Naoya, who was drinking alone after being dumped by his lover, Kumiko. At first, Eriko was wary and immediately ran away, but he chased after Eriko with a bouquet of flowers she had forgotten, so the two talked drunkenly in the park, and when they got along, they went straight to the hotel. The compatibility of the body was also good, and it was just a fateful encounter. The next morning, Naoya, who overslept, hurriedly asked Eriko for her phone number. Eriko gave her home number, but didn't say that she would be moving today. Work settled down, and Naoya called Eriko, but couldn't get through. He thought he had been given a fake phone number.

Second film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata.

Hong Kong movie

Created for House Foods, this charming series of animated shorts captures the quiet, cozy joys of a family meal. Directed by Yoshiyuki Momose with oversight from Hayao Miyazaki, these vignettes celebrate the warmth of the kitchen and the simple magic found in sharing a home-cooked dinner.

A nameless Serial Killer, invites you into his world of madness. To discover in his own words what started him on the ever darkening road of evil.

A team of an entrepreneur, an athlete and a student from Taiwan arrived in the Arctic Circle. Through their participation in the 2008 Polar Challenge – a 600 km race to the Magnetic North Pole, they’ve realized their dreams. They experienced hypothermia and attack from polar bears en route.

2006 release

Mid-Afternoon Barks is a surrealist triptych of stories that take place in Beijing, all involving the installation of electrical poles.

Shy clerk Douglass is ridden by bad luck. He would like to be rich, but his work bores him. So does his lifestyle. One night in his dream, he sees six numbers which are to change his life. The lottery with the highest jackpot in history is about to close the ticket offices...

Three short films from South Korea, Japan, and China grapple with the aftermath of conflict and personal trauma.

A human reincarnated as a maggot begins to explore the potential for his new existence and slowly succumbs to the routines of his form.

Kazumi is at a punk concert and bumps into Yuko. Yuko is a girl from another dimension. Kazumi invites Yuko over to her apartment. There Yuko's robotic sidekick and stead Face comes from out of the t.v. The wall opens up and Yuko and Face enter into different dimension. Yuko seeks to kill the creator of the dimension to end the suffering of it's people. Yuko meets Kazumi, who claims not to be from Earth, at a rock concert, and they become instant friends. Yuko invites her new friend to come live with her. However, onces Kazumi gets to Yuko's apartment, she leaves through the wall with her trusty cybernetic steed and into another dimension to face evil.

2004 release

The Japanese painter FUKAZAWA Takeshi expresses in pictures the novel written by Honoré de BALZAC “La grenadière”. Over 70 tempera paintings are beautifully brought to life and put together by FUKADA Koji for this Ga-nime that tells us the story of a mother and child in the 19th century, coated in a music that punctuates the whole experience. FUKAZAWA and FUKADA thus succeed in reproducing the ambiance of this mansion so dear to BALZAC, as the artistic pictures call to the imagination and the emotions of the viewer that only be so aroused by a Ga-nime.

Recorded live at the Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka in 2000.

Released by JCI (Junior Chamber International) Japan to promote self awareness and appreciation of "Japan's soul". Manubu's mother leaves him with his uncle, grandmother and niece Kiyomi to spend his summer vacation. Him being a real city brat he has no real appreciation for nature and the outdoors and the values of life. He will soon learn differently... (Source: AniDB)

A mysterious beauty named Erika suddenly bursts into the pachislot world like the wind. Her extraordinary sense of competition and ingenuity quickly create a stir in the industry. Erika quickly becomes a one-of-a-kind presence in the world of pachislot, but...

The true story of a band of laid-off workers from state-owned companies who set out to risk their own fortunes in the private sector and then find out that success ain't what it used to be. After getting laid-off from a state-owned shipbuilder, a middle-aged worker uses all of his savings, borrows some money, and then convinces a group of friends who are in similar circumstances, to join him in an apartment decoration/construction business in Shanghai.

All recorded in Hibiya Yagai-Ongakudoh on October 11th, 2008.

Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as well as live footage.

Chinese film

It is the year 1965. Yu-jeong and Hak-song reaches the marriageable ages. They have the 4th date at the ostentatious Kukje Jungang Cafeteria and feel awkward to talk to each other. Now they find a common point in their ideas.

ayumi hamasaki concert tour 2000 Vol.1 is Hamasaki Ayumi's first live concert video. The final show, on June 3rd, was broadcasted live on Sky PerfecTV.

Mr. Big is an American hard rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1988. The band was originally composed of Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass guitar), and Pat Torpey (drums & percussion). Their songs are often marked by strong vocals and vocal harmonies. Their hits include "To Be with You" (a number-one single in 15 countries in 1992) and "Just Take My Heart". This video compilation was released along with a similar greatest hits CD.

Based on a manga of the same name.

With their gentle smiles, skillful conversation, and the allure and provocation of their voluptuous bodies, these door-to-door sexy saleswomen sell dubious products. What are the secret techniques of these sales ladies that can win over any customer? These women, competing to achieve the highest sales figures and setting traps for their customers, are themselves trapped! What fate awaits the top-selling saleswoman who is raped, imprisoned and tortured by a psychopath…?