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Japanese horror movie from 1998.

1999 tv movie

The legendary 1992 performance from Queen of Japanoise Mayuko Hino: an intense Butoh ritual dance combined with a bondage performance, with ropes, candles and wax, accompanied by a live high noise background played by Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro / C.C.C.C.).

3 performances solo and one with Keiji Haino.

A parody of Round Vernian Vifam set in 1920's Chicago. Originally released as an extra on the Round Vernian Vifam: Memory of Ms. Kate VHS tape.

16mm film portrait of a woman, a camera and the moon.

A man returns home one day and comes across something that changes his life...

A gunman is a skilled assassin who kills a cash robber. With an unbelievable bounty on his head, his next target is a serial killer called "The Reaper". But when he finally confronts the Reaper, he is immortal and does not die, even with a windpipe in his chest, while the gunman is cornered and on the verge of disaster. With the help of his friends, he manages to turn the tables and blows up the 'Reaper' with dynamite, but the 'Reaper' still does not die. As a last resort, the gunfighter delivers a desperate blow that somehow ends the Reaper's life. The gunman then leaves without a trace.

A story of two couples that begins in a watch shop. Ishikawa, a cook, and Iwamoto, a waitress, work in a spaghetti house. During a break on an empty embankment, the two have a rather absent-minded conversation. Iwamoto, is there anything you want? 'Well, a hoover...' Meanwhile, Shinichi and Chika are about to rob a bank. Shinichi and Chika are about to rob a bank, and they take a Polaroid photo of themselves for what might be the last time. Chika is worried: "Will I be able to take a bath every day in prison? Their stories proceed in parallel, as they spend the same time in different places. The only thing they have in common is that they both give watches as gifts. The only thing they have in common is that they both give a watch as a gift, a gift that both couples will never forget. One is soft pastel, the other a harsh primary colour. The artist's sensitivity in choosing the colours to suit the story conveys the pure emotions of the lovers of the 1990s in a warm atmosphere.

After being forced to move out of his apartment after he runs out of money, a young man named Tanaka decides to make a go of life on the streets. He finds a sheltered, deserted spot in the spaces between the city buildings, and things seem to be going fairly comfortably for him. After a short time, however, he discovers that the tiny corridors between the buildings seem to extend for miles in every direction, and that there is a tribe of violent people living in them, led by a strange old man. Will Tanaka be able to live in peace with them, or will he have to fight for his life?

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki

Fifth entry in the Lady in the Sea of Blood series.

The film was shot over four years. A woman — from Hui'an, Fujian province — finds out that her husband has become infected with a venereal disease. She takes out her revenge on the local hotel and the barber shop (which are known as sites of secret prostitution in the city) by setting four explosives. Da Yi's film tries to understand why a kind, virtuous wife and mother turns to this extreme act.

In the video Kan Xuan! Ai! (1999), Kan runs through a pedestrian underpass in Beijing’s Fuxingmen subway station, repeatedly shouting and responding to her name as if searching for the lost self. Against a surging crowd, Kan’s anxious calls to the self amplify a common tension between one’s subjective experience and mainstream values or social norms.

1998 short film by Carol Lai Miu-Suet

Ju-gong is an art student when his time to perform his mandatory military service arrives. He has an uncomfortable parting from his girlfriend who refuses to commit as to whether or not she will be seeing other men while he is gone for two years. In the army, he befriends a mechanic named Mal-su and the two become friendly with the gruff sargeant Chu.

Dal-ho spends three years after graduating college living at his parents house with no job. His family treats him like a child but his girlfriend tries to convince him to stand on his own. Failing this, she dumps him. Dal-ho decides that he will do anything to get her back, even if it means getting a job.

You can see the woman sitting still and the landscape in turn. In this film, the character is not the heroine, and is equated with the landscape. As the subject is equated with the existence of a film too, the difference of time each having is presented in this film.

Special FX Animation Erotic Fantasy!

As winter draws near, a 30 million yen bank robbery takes place. The following day, Chiaki, a devoted younger sister, visits her older brother Hiroki as she always does. Having lost their parents, the two live alone as siblings, but the impoverished Hiroki has nothing he can give his sister.

Experimental short by Visual Brains.

Experimental short by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental short by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

8mm film by Yosuke Okawado.

8mm film by Yosuke Okawado.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

8mm film by Yosuke Okawado.

Released in conjunction with Mari Esaki's first mini album.

Inspired by Jean Genet's "The Housemaids," the Kansai-style vulgarity and crudeness came to be highlighted.

A Shuji Terayama-esque world of lewdness unfolds as the young girl plays the melody of a hand-cranked music box. The performers, who leave a strong impression with their mysterious appearance, include dancers from the Byakkosha group!

Accompanied by the music of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," the film unfolds the delusions of a disabled middle-aged gentleman, a world of mysterious love between gay boys.

Yunnan TV production, originally shot and made in 1997. A re-edited version with footage shot in 2001 was aired as part of the ‘The Weight of Time’ series on Chinese TV in 2003.

In the 1930's, the "Pure White Cult" was organized. Gathering members with the promise of friendship, the founder was able to fleece his followers out of all their money. Female members served as the leader's concubines. When the cult faced exposure, the leader ordered 350 of his followers killed. Years later, Yu Gon-ryong reveals these facts to his father and sister, who have recently become devoted members of the cult which has resurfaced.

Minoru Kou's dinner show.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Experimental short by Harumi Fujii.

This video is an animation work using photos. I tried to move things that did not move by themselves. The car in motion was animated using a video printer from video footage. variation of movement. The title is based on Reich's album title. 1998 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Special Jury Award

Asaji Saki's dinner show.

Michelle Chen Miao's graduation film.

Documentary on Feng Tianyue, who developed a computer input method "码根码" (Ma Gen Ma) for Chinese and used an extreme method to promote it by doing graffiti on Beijing streets.

The main songs are culled from live performances at Yokohama 7th AVENUE (横浜7thアベニュー) and Namba ROCKETS (難波ロケッツ), presented in a bootleg-ish sonic quality and heavily edited (crazy-ass video effects all around). The tape also features a bunch of live scenes after the listed tracks are over, with "TWONIGHT" and "OCTOBER" playing in the background.