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Miyazaki artist Komatsu Takahide stumbled upon a painting of a Taiwanese indigenous girl in a local antique shop. He discovered the painter Shiotsuki Toho had made significant contributions to the Taiwanese art scene although remaining unknown in Japan. Toho arrived in Taiwan as an educator under the colonial government in 1921, harboured a deep love for Taiwanese indigenous people and cultures. Komatsu embarked on a journey to trace this century-ago fellow artist, pondering what "freedom" means to an artist.

Q has been sent a package containing a tape recording of strange voice messages that were left on a woman's answering machine around the 90s.

40st entry in the film series "「Iru.」~ Kowasugiru Tōkō Eizō 13-hon ~".

In the man-made waterways of rice paddies, the water in nature must follow artificial rules. In that way, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a new form of beauty distinct from the natural state. The theme of this work is the liveliness of water as it follows the man-made course.

It's estimated over a million Japanese live as "hikikomori," recluses totally withdrawn from society. Some hikikomori may even go for decades without leaving their house. While in the past the phenomenon was most commonly associated with young men, recent data has revealed a much wider demographic of people whose confidence in themselves, and in society, has been shattered. As the parents or relatives hikikomori so often depend on entirely become too old to care for them, many now face a dire situation, left alone and unable to cope.

A blissful showtime filled with the passion and energy of the Hoshigumi members led by Rei Makoto.

Japanese CGI fan film inspired by the Hideki Anno Shin series made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Hedorah.

Six of Japan’s emerging design talents collaborate with six models with diverse personalities and bodies, some accompanied by wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs. The Quest: to push the limits of fashion as we know it.

LOVEBITES: In The Beginning (Limited Edition Bonus)

The first ever live streaming of KEN HIRAI Concept Live “Ken's Bar”!

Spooky Scary horror 11

The 59th installment of the popular horror documentary series!! The couple of the contributors started recording videos on their smartphones as evidence during the drive, but they noticed that something mysterious was moving on it...!

2021 release

First installment in the horror mockumentary series by director Unno Yoji.

2021 release

The world is made of essentials and non-essentials. However, the more essential a thing is, the more we can’t have it. Instead, we carry unnecessary burdens, just like Satomi. At such a time, her brother comes back as a sister.

I conveyed my love and gratitude to a certain deceased physician amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, while a personal shopper expressed the same emotions from yet a different place.

Documentary about a prefectural referendum on whether or not to restart nuclear power stations. The film shows people engaging in dialogue and calling for the importance of thinking about politics for themselves, and captures a picture of contemporary Japanese politics that we should not turn our eyes away from.

When the moon is close enough to the earth in its orbit, a UFO will come and take our two protagonists with it. So it is important that everything is prepared for this. And if it doesn't work this time, it will do the next time.

A road where many unexplained accidents occur. A surveillance camera installed on the road captured the image of a passerby who was not a person.

A portrait of Shingo Tamagawa, the talented animator behind the mysterious short animation film PUPARIA.

What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha.

Taro, an elementary school student, uses the fact that there are no new coronavirus cases in town as an excuse to take off his mask and play around. However, his friends are hospitalized one after another, and eventually his favorite grandmother is taken away by men in protective suits.

My friend Emi came out in a dream. I was so surprised that I couldn't look her in the eyes.

2021 release

KODA KUMI 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2020 MY NAME IS ... is the 20th live video released by Koda Kumi and 29th video release.

A failed drug deal turns into a spiral of violence in the search for the money.

Incarcerating the mentally ill in sheds and other private enclosures was permitted under Japanese law and continued in Okinawa until 1972. The film leads us to hear the unheard song of victims of this cruel system of social isolation.

Ryo, a student at a local university, plans to move to Tokyo to become a photographer after graduation. His friend Yuki chooses to stay in her hometown and lead a stable life. This is the story of one night in the life of two young people, who are about to start their own lives. One pursuing a dream and the other choosing a stable life.

A cursed and mysterious code!! A collection of psychic images that expose the darkness!! A box of deciphered Pandora that could not be posted in the popular psychic post documentary series "Psychic Yuranbon"!! The 17th collection of conspiracy psychic images!

23st installment in "Zokuri. Kaidan Yowa" film series.

I had forgotten everything, and that memory suddenly came back. The 29-year-old Riku was nothing. Suddenly, that nostalgic scent and that breeze that I felt someday evoke the past. In front of me was a girl staring at the sea. This may be a dream, a reality, a reality and a dream...

Hino Mitsunari runs evening classes at a high school attended by foreigners, the elderly, and students struggling with various difficulties. The lessons are called “Community Ball” and involve everyone, including the teacher, sitting in a circle and thinking together on a question under the rule that no one should argue while someone is speaking. The various perspectives of the students all inform the film.

Where do you go when you die? What were we born for? These are some of the questions that a teenage boy named Takeaki wrestles with as his mother Sayuri is hospitalised for a serious illness. Immature and frustrated, he lashes out with acts of destruction while locking himself in his shell. His turmoil is shared by his father, a taciturn and domineering man who hides his feelings, and sister Juri, who will bring a new life into the world in difficult circumstances. However, each person thinks only about themselves and the family falls apart as they struggle with the pain, loneliness, and meaning of living alone but it is through recognising the suffering of the mother and her overwhelming love for her family that a small change occurs in the heart of her husband which unlocks the rebirth of their family.

2021 release

This is the music video for the song "Mukou no Hikari" by mikimisa

In a reimagined postwar Japan, powerful swordsmen gather around the Yatsumedo restaurant and become entangled in a martial tournament organized under the shogunate.

The third play in the "Rusted Armors" series.

Azusa Makabe is a magazine editor who lives in Sapporo, a snowy city located in northern Japan. She has an alcoholic father who gave up on himself because of failure in his career. Keeping a distance from her father and striving to live a different life, she tries hard not to rely on anyone despite. Is she simply self-disciplined, or is she afraid of something?

Fragmentary stories of two students with a video camera and an old butoh dancer who finds himself followed by a woman are interwoven.

24st installment in "Zokuri. Kaidan Yowa" film series.

Takarazuka Flower Troupe 2021 production of "Gin-chan's Love", based on Tsuka Kouhei's "Kamata Kōshin Kyoku". A human interest tale of the kind you've never seen before. It all starts when the egoistic actor Gin-chan's girlfriend Konatsu gets pregnant, and he forces his underling, the stunt actor Yasu, and Konatsu to get married against their wills....

A background study of a dying amusement culture, filmed in slovenly dressing rooms in front of badly polished make-up mirrors. – That’s how far editor Mary Stephen follows director Yoichiro Okutani’s montage interpretation of his own footage about the Japanese strippers called Odoriko. But Stephen’s editor’s cut begins fully dressed: a tastefully lit stage overture in costume, starting from which she rearranges or rather sheds the material, reintegrating image and sound sequences originally discarded by Okutani, for example the titular statement of an Odoriko explaining her choice of profession: “It was about being nude at heart.”

The 17th installment of the "Leaked Psychic Video" series containing Psychic images leaked for various reasons. A video taken to leave evidence of stalking damage. When a woman is scared in the room, the intercom rings...

WAGAKKIBAND 8th Anniversary Japan Tour

Bonus DVD featuring a music video for "Alive" and MV making-of.

25st installment in "Zokuri. Kaidan Yowa" film series.

Yuzuka Rei, with wild seductiveness, is really a “Cool Beast”!! With Yuzuka Rei and Hana Yuuki donning the garb of the Beast and Glossy Flower respectively, a fascinating world is woven of the dreams of the beautiful and kind Beast. Enjoy a passionate and exciting Latin show from the highly unique and original Flower Troupe performers!

A short film created to celebrate the 1000th chapter of the manga "One Piece". It features people quoting the manga in everyday situations to evoke how culturally important the manga became over time, for people of all ages.

Ibiza. A sun-kissed island in the Mediterranean Sea. At the southernmost part of this island, one DJ has been playing music all day, everyday at the same beach for 25 years. His name is Jon Sa Trinxa. Jon arrived at Ibiza on a hippie bus from London. "Living on an island with the ocean and the sun. That was enough to lure me here." He came to Ibiza penniless, and to make matters worse, a fight with a friend was topped off with a car accident. How did he end up being a DJ at some beachside restaurant after so much misfortune? In paradise with pure freedom, he simply lives by his love of music in search of original musical styles, and DJs with a never-ending passion. His insatiable love for music has uniquely shaped his DJ style unlike any other person in the world. This documentary film portrays Ibiza's music scene and the life of "the legendary DJ of Ibiza" Jon Sa Trinxa who devoted his life to music.—Rinae, Lily

In a certain city, for just a moment in time, the lives of three strangers intersect.

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area. Idomu’s will / last request. Spiritual journey with Mt.Buko folklore and mountain Gods (Kami-sama). An important message that the director saw after surviving a near-death experience and depression. ...Why don’t the flowers grow in the right places? Where have all the cute children gone?...

A road where many unexplained accidents occur. A surveillance camera installed on the road captured the image of a passerby who was not a person.

This is the 12th in a series of submitted videos of UFOs and UMAs collected from home and abroad. in August, the U.S. military finally set up a special team to investigate UFOs. It may have been in anticipation of the swarm attack captured in this video...

Baroque grotesque mondo documentary about 2 japanesse friends going to india taking pics of handicapped indians and hiring prostitutes.