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In Untitled (Pink Dot), Murata transforms footage from the Sylvester Stallone film First Blood (1982) into a morass of seething electronic abstraction. Subjected to Murata's meticulous digital reprocessing, the action scenes decompose and are subsumed into an almost palpable, cascading digital sludge, presided over by a hypnotically pulsating pink dot.

Megumi, who has been dispatched to a food manufacturer, is madly in love with the section chief Oda, but Oda, who is popular with the other employees, also has many enemies. These enemies are the faction of Managing Director Suminaga, who are plotting to eliminate Oda, the spearhead of the president's faction, in order to take over the company. Eventually, Oda is suspended for one month due to a plot by the Suminaga faction. If things continue as they are, the company will fall into the hands of evil while Oda is away! Thinking this, Megumi fights alone to protect the company and Oda.

The second installment in the horror series directed and written by Junji Inagawa, the "preacher of the spirit world. The latest true ghost story, experienced by Inagawa Junji himself, is recreated in this drama.

Autumn, 1997. Ryuko, her brother Syuwa and their father Matsuo live in a small apartment. Matsuo loses his job after a quarrel and the Kato family's livelihood depends on young Ryuko, who secretly poses nude for various pornographic magazines. Matsuo ends up discovering his daughter's secret activity and throws her out of the house. Despite this, Ryuko continues working in the world of pornography and supporting her little brother and father.

The motif of this movie is an introduction manual for filming sent to an absolute beginner by the processing laboratory. For me, the cause of failure in filmmaking, explained by the manual, was the very important technical skill of making film images. It’s like coming across unknown delicious tastes when I don’t follow the recipe.

The second in Tomoyasu's My Road series.

In this vivid portrait of China's musical heritage, Sichuan Opera performers strive to keep a centuries-old artform alive. After thriving for 300 years, Sichuan Opera is an endangered art form. Having survived the Cultural Revolution, state-sponsored opera troupes now face extinction in the era of private enterprise. Opera master Li Baoting began his career at eight, but now performs pop songs with showgirls in cheap bars. His colleague Wang Bin performs in travelling tents, trying to resist the massive cultural changes threatening to wipe out this artform.

Fan Service [bitter] is Perfume's first concert DVD. It was filmed December 21, 2006 at Harajuku Astro Hall. Tracklist Electro World Oishii Recipe Computer City MC Linear Motor Girl Monochrome Effect Super Jet Shoes ~Mirai wo Aruku Kutsu~ MC Perfume Medley OMAJINAI★Perori Vitamin Drop Imitation World Counter Attraction Kareshi Boshuuchuu Jenny wa Gokigen Naname OMAJINAI★Perori Perfect Star Perfect Style Computer Driving Sweet Donuts Perfume ~encore~ MC Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow wonder2

An exploration of the Cultural Revolution that depicts both its chaotic later years – through the story of a squad of Red Army guards running amok in the countryside – and its continuing legacy in today’s China.

Hong Kong movie

A creative fiction film that has borrowed the form of a personal documentary.

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947).

The third in the series about a high school girl who gets caught up in a series of disappearances. Mayuka, a member of the drama club, happens to come across a script with eerie contents. Immediately after that, she begins receiving a constant stream of silent phone calls...

Junji Inagawa, one of Japan's most famous horror storytellers, visits the sites of reputed horrors to uncover the causes of the horrors in this first horror documentary. This time, he examines "an abandoned shrine in Nara" and "an abandoned hospital in Kumamoto" to get to the bottom of the matter. Assistants are Ayumi Ninomiya and Nana Ozaki.

Nippon Budokan A.I. is AI's second concert DVD, and third overall video release. It contains footage from the last show of her 「What's goin on A.I. Japan Tour」 at Nippon Budokan.

After five years of work, Chen Zhen of CCTV has made the first feature length documentary about the Potala Palace, a film that reveals the long history and the splendid culture of the Tibetan heritage. Chen provides us with a rare chance to get to know more about Tibet and to reflect upon the important issues -- more specifically, the director offers us a chance to really think about how to appreciate our historical and cultural achievements and the relationship between the past, today's present reality, and future developments in society. The film is told through the eyes of someone who entered the Potala at the age of 13 and has lived there for 60 years, experiencing personally the rise and fall of its fortunes during this long period.

Moi dix Mois's first live DVD release, filmed at Shibuya-AX (September 9th, 2003), Dix infernal Tour Final date.

Short animation by Tomoyasu Murata.

A gem of an erotic mystery that resonates with the depths of womanhood! Female professional wrestler Emi Tojo takes on the challenge of adult films.

Aketo is 20 year old college student living in Tokyo. He has an older lover named Hiroshi who lives in Kyoto. One day, Aketo meets a young woman Harumi who is wandering around in Tokyo. Harumi rolls into Akato's house.

The death of a company CEO triggers a battle for his estate, when his will indicates that he leaves everything to his missing granddaughter. Now everyone in the company must compete to find her first.

In order to save up money for a trip, Rikako starts working part-time as a maid at the Odagiri household.

Paris, like the other metropolitan cities in Europe, was flourishing because of new crossing urbanities, while tension was born between the conservative and the new types of Europeans. By the year of 2030, the new races of Europeans have a chance to return to their hometown where the standard of living began to improve. In anticipating the exodus of reverse migration, LOVEME2030 wishes to defer the unfinished love stories until year 2030. Love me, not now, not here. LOVE ME when I am gone.

A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, about a story between a man and a strange girl.

Makoto, who doesn't get along with her boyfriend, family, or friends, goes camping with a childhood friend she meets again, but... "We're just bored," Makoto murmurs, and the way she lightly and deeply empathizes with her overwhelmed heart is exquisite.

Before World War II, Ikego village was an idyllic agriculture community. The Imperial Navy took over the village and the hills to build the largest ammunition preserve in Asia. When Japan lost, these facilities were taken over by the US Navy, and are now housing for the American soldiers.

In a cattle market Jung-Hee, a butcher, escapes from her abusive husband, Sung-Chil, who gambles and even beats her. Neighbors who pity the situation suggest that she eat meat to be strong.

Giant apples appear in a city, and when people eat them, new apples start to grow from their heads.

A group of small-town boys has prepared to beat up on this boy named Haoran for a long while. Belligerent and energetic. They tried every trick to catch him in vain including hunting him in the classroom and ambushing him on his way home. These little rebels fooled around each day, smoking, running away from their homes, and chasing after an impossible target. But who is this mysterious Haoran?

In a remote Thai village, a man gets a call informing him that his son died in a crash. He needs to bring the body back and give a decent funeral, but he can't afford to do both.

Kinue, a stewardess, enjoys masturbating using an aphrodisiac that Chief Purser Sagawa brought back from an assignment in Southeast Asia, but finding it unsatisfying alone, she decides to call her colleague Moe and Sagawa to have a threesome. However, Sagawa brings Captain Gotō along. Gotō has a lover named Miki. Because of issues in his relationship with her, he secretly begins to reconsider marriage. Hearing this, Sagawa says, “There’s a good method,” and suggests using that same aphrodisiac.

Mirai Mizue set up a camera over a water tray with an illuminated white background (presumably an animation table) and experimented with the flow of aqueous ink over the surface of the water using stop motion animation techniques.

Lily (Aya Fujimoto) and Kiki (Mai Nakajima) of "Love Doctor", a work that fills the lonely and sad hearts of men in the world who have fallen ill with love. Lily took pride in her work and gave all the men energy and brilliance. However, Lily also had a gap in her mind.

In the feudal days in Europe, Baron Ochs von Lerchenau, a prodigal and philogynous country noble, has squandered all his property, going bankrupt. He has accordingly decided to marry Sophie von Faninal, the only daughter of a wealthy and freshly peered Viennese bourgeois. He has broken free of his local love, Margarete, and has left for Vienna with a few followers, including Nikolaus, virtually in a manner of moonlight flitting.

Misako Ogura works at a small privately owned shop. When her husband Toshiyuki, who works part-time, has an accident and the shop is left short-staffed, Toshiyuki brings in a young man named Nakajima. Nakajima is a quiet and clumsy young man. Toshiyuki lets Nakajima stay at their house and looks after him in many ways. However, Misako doesn't really like Nakajima. Then, one day...

Tonari no 801-chan (となりの801ちゃん, Tonari no Yaoi-chan, lit. My Neighbor Yaoi-chan) is a Japanese four-panel Internet manga written and illustrated by Ajiko Kojima. It centers on the relationship between a male otaku named Tibet and his yaoi-obsessed fujoshi girlfriend Yaoi whose obsession manifests as a small, green furry monster. An anime adaptation of the original manga was planned to be produced by Kyoto Animation and broadcast on TBS to begin airing in Japan in 2009, but was unexpectedly canceled. However, a 90-second "opening anime" called Tonari no 801-chan R (となりの801ちゃんR) was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto; it was bundled with the fourth volume of the original web manga released on September 10, 2009.

Darkness and light, as seen by VIFF’s favourite Buddhist erotist. Part of the TOKYO LOOP animation anthology produced by ImageForum Japan.

Seira Kitano, a member of the Monster Extermination Squad X, has assimilated with an alien called Star Lady and used her immense powers to fight monsters sent by the space invaders, the Raccoon Aliens.

Shinko Sena, who is attacked by a bee monster and wanders alive and dead. What is the fate of Sena! .. Colored cuttack! Gather the tents!

A special concert for Elisabeth.

Miki Nakatani's film work, composed of clips from the single "Broken Heart" released on May 17, 2000, along with valuable interview shots and making-of footage. Consisting of three titles, the main story, which lasts about 19 minutes, is based on private shots of her bare face taken in Paris in the summer of 2000. After about 15 minutes of collaged footage of recitations, etc., the composition leads to the clip of "Kowareta Kokoro".

Gravure/idol film starring Akane Soma.

During the Korean War, Ilhwa, who had been separated from her lover and had defected to South Korea, became a shaman and lived her entire life in the hopes of summoning the ghost of her loved one if he had died. However, time is cruel, and she has not been able to find that person, and she has grown old enough to smell death. One morning, when she wakes up from her bed, seemingly no different from any other day, she finds that all the ghosts she had sent to the South have come out to greet her.

This DVD highlights the movies based on urban legends that have been passed down from generation to generation throughout the ages. "Headless Rider", "Mr. Kokkuri", "Young Satoru", "Teketeke", "Slit-mouthed Woman", "Bathroom Hanako" These famous legends are covered on two volumes, the Shōwa-era and the Heisei-era. A collection of extreme horror and real drama, reproduced with interviews and photographic evidence.

An anthology featuring short horror films directed by Toru Kamei and Minami Nagasaki. It includes "Possession", the story of Yuki who starts experiencing terrifying encounters with a female ghost after witnessing a suicide scene on her way to work, and "Bound Spirit", which portrays the horror faced by an office worker haunted by the spirit of her ex-boyfriend, who died by suicide years ago.

Kyoko was kidnapped after a secret meeting with her lover and colleague, Shinsaku. How long has she been here? What will happen to her?

Junji Inagawa, a horror entertainer of the third installment of his horror documentary series, visits the sites of legendary horrors.The third installment in the horror documentary series.

The life of a homeless boy is changed when a foreigner offers him a life-changing sum to perform a single act.

The concert film for dream Party 2006 ~Love & dream~ was filmed on March 25, 2006 at Yokohama Blitz. The concert was part of their "dream live 2006" concert tour in support of their latest album Boy meets Girl.

Petch, one of the young men of Nabua, composed and plays this song about his village written to commemorate the first shoot-out between the army and the farmer communists 43 years before. The song is combined with an image of Kamgiang, Petch’s friend, whose grandfather was killed by the soldiers in the field not far from his home.