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Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Six high school sweethearts soon became entangled in three charged couples. Still reeling from their fracturing bond, a dejected Shigeki encountered the alluring office lady Hitomi aboard the ski bus – a woman whose recent quarrel had only heightened her irresistible mystique. In a twist of fate, the other couples experienced their own shifts in passion. Even after returning to Tokyo, the simmering tension refused to cool down. One day, as Shigeki flirted with fate on a date with Hitomi, a part of him still longed for Yuri’s tender allure. While Shinya and Noriyuki plotted another daring ski adventure, all that mattered to Yuri and Shigeki was the desperate need to reclaim their connection. Fate intervened when Yuri was unexpectedly slammed with overtime at her job. In a dramatic twist, Shigeki burst onto the scene to get her to the ski bus. Seated together on the roadside, they bared their hearts in an intimate talk that slowly mended their frayed bond.

Kotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a poor monk; once he really took vows, but he was kicked out of the monastery long ago. He is enterprising, smart and not too cruel, so his accomplices love him. Posing as an envoy from the abbot of the Kennei Temple, Kotiama plays a show in front of Lord Matsue with an income of 150,000 koku, and extorts money from him. The film is based on the famous play by Kawatake Mokuami.

Mika, who used to be a call girl, is being pursued by a man that brokers prostitution. Her mother Yoshimi and older sister Mayumi also sold their bodies. But now, Mayumi will marry Soejima, a trading company man. Mika is happy to have a respectable relative and starts a part-time job at a pachinko parlor...

In 1945, the second- and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the seventh of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb." (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)

Children are lured to Metropolis only to find that the renowned, mythical city may not be the happy-go-lucky utopia they'd thought it would be.

Japanese film.

An office vacation at a luxury resort descends into debauchery when the men repeatedly assault the office ladies in various unsavory ways.

Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.

Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.

A man was abandoned by his mother at the age of seven. His mother boarded a train with a stranger and disappeared before his eyes. Ever since, the scene has traumatized him, and whenever he sees a woman who even slightly resembles his mother, whether on the train or in town...

Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.

God's two daughters Cherry and Lemon have been tasked with finding the lost treasure of Heaven, referred to as Love. Together with their guardian Berry, their search takes them to a planet where stuffed animals have come to life, putting them in direct conflict with Cecilian and the nefarious Treasure Connection.

Set against the backdrop of a bitter power struggle between the faction of the chairman of the board and the faction of the vice-chairman of the board of a large bank, this business mystery explores the lust, suffering and vindictiveness of one of the branch managers caught in the middle of the struggle. The term “cold current” refers to a current in which those who, once in it, find themselves will never emerge.

Gun Kyoma is an extremely fast 17-year-old bike racer. He must pair up with his rival and new high school classmate, Hijiri Hideyoshi, to compete in an endurance race at Suzuka International Racing Course.

A neighbor enlists the help of a young perverted couple - an assistant professor and his wife. Can he fix his sexual complex? Part 20 in the "Molester Train" series.

A celluloid film based on Hiroyuki Kakudo's paper animation of the same title (1981).

In the basement of a pornographic shop in the port town, there was a secret handgun manufacturing factory. Three guns were stolen from there. His younger brother Tomo (Tsunoda) and Saki (Hayami), who lives together, dream of working at a jazz club and singing at this restaurant one day like his mother, who passed away. In her house, Tomo's friend Ryuichi (Sato) was in and out. Ryuichi takes on the task of finding three guns from a man in the world behind the scenes.

A group of friends get together to remember a decessed classmate. One of them is a detective who loves one of the women. But the woman is in love the delinquent of the group. And the delinquent has been ordered to do a hit...

The psychosexual drama Yoji, What's Wrong With You? examines the identity of women as mothers in Japanese culture, through an Oedipal narrative of a skewed "family romance." When Yoji announces to his mother that he wants her to meet a new girlfriend, the mother's jealousy destroys the relationship. Idemitsu's signature device of using a television monitor within the domestic space works as a powerful metaphor for the ubiquity of the mother in Yoji's psychological life. Idemitsu's melodramas always articulate a double-edged irony: With no identity outside of her maternal role, Yoji's mother fastens onto her son, ultimately destroying him. Yoji himself is seen as emotionally stunted, unable to leave his mother or experience love for any other woman.

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.

In the chaos of the Jinshin-no-Ran civil war of 762, a child with a small horn in his forehead was born. The child's mother condemned him as an oni and cast him away. An elderly shūgenja woman claimed the child and named him Utsunomiko, or 'Divine Child of the Heavens', telling Miko that his horn smybolizes the union of heaven and earth. Miko matured in the wilderness learning the ways of Shugendō, and soon started venturing into villages out of curiosity. He found that the common people of the villages live in poverty and suffering, and began using his spiritual powers to help them. But his anger at the self-serving rulers and their petty power-struggles grew until he came into open conflict with the Imperial Court, setting Miko down a long path as a champion of the oppressed.

Japanese drama film.

1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".

Comedy film.

Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searching for his father's enemy. O-Tama, the star of a light acrobatics hut in the back mountains of Asakusa, falls in love at first sight with a ronin named Shohachi who appears out of nowhere and, impressed by his skills, asks him to become the troupe's bodyguard. Shohachi, who is searching for his father's enemy Hyoto, follows the troupe on their provincial tour and finally finds him. But it seems that his enemy is quite skilled.

Aging zoo keeper Nishiyama Toshio acquires two young trainees: short-tempered former chef Takeshi Ishizawa and gentle vet Ichiro Hasegawa. Both are surprised by the difficulties they face in a deceptively easy job but persevere through troubles such as an escaped pelican, a dying camel, and the birth of a hippo.

John and Henry come together to visit the island, John to meet an old family friend, and Henry to visit his mother's grave. Eighteen years before, Henry's family had lived on the island. He also brings Henry with him to visit a local woman who helped to keep an eye on him as a child. Tefla is ecstatic to see Henry again, and agrees to let John stay with her for a while, as he is taking a holiday.

The final fan-made Ultraman short film directed by Hideaki Anno. Based on The Return of Ultraman series.

This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and performances and works by Philip Glass and the Kodo Drummers, Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, and Lou Reed. In an extraordinary section, a performance in Japan of classical Western music is accompanied by a group of Kabuki dancers.

In a night painted with raw, incendiary desire, the story follows Shuhei as he slips from a morbid funeral into a world pulsing with illicit passions. At the seductive bar "EDEN," sultry whispers and heady intoxication set the stage for heated encounters—moments charged with forbidden attraction. An awkward, yet intensely charged reunion with his estranged brother in a steamy hotel room sparks a domino effect of erotic interludes, igniting wild nights at a pulsating disco and secret rendezvous at a coastal villa. Here, simmering rivalries and envious longings flare into explosive encounters, culminating in a searing, tumultuous climax where the boundaries between lust and violence vanish in a frenzy of physical, unrestrained ecstasy.

Shinza is known for his stubborn personality and continues to hold a low-ranking position as a magistrate, despite his colleague Kato becoming the deputy chief retainer. His daughter has feelings for Hachiro, one of her father's subordinates, but she is afraid to express her emotions because of Shinza's intimidating presence. One day, Shinza gets involved in a violent incident within the castle.

OVA that recaps the second part (episodes 26-37) of the Layzner TV series.

Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day while hunting, Yoshinari sees Gennosuke Akizuki's beautiful wife, Okoto. He kidnaps her, tattoos a butterfly on her shoulder and takes her for his own. Feeling shame for what has happened, Okoto throws herself into a well and commits suicide. She then returns as a ruthless ghost that seeks revenge against Yoshinari and his retainers. Whenever the ghost appears, mysterious butterflies always fly around her...

Kotomi's overly sensitive H diary. Today I went on a date with Hiroshi. No matter how long she waited, Hiroshi never showed up. I was attacked by a strange old man in the bathroom. When she went to aerobics, the instructor Yamagishi-san looked at her strangely...

During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or not Iemitsu was to remain in power or cede it to his uncle, Yornobu, the 10th son of Ieyasu. Among the contestants were many expert swordsmen who have become well-known to this day. Warriors such as Yagyu Jubei (Kaga Takeshi), and Miyamoto Musashi (Matsukata Hiroki) headed up the slate. This was to be the all-star samurai match of the century. An amazing TV movie with non-stop action as Yagyu Jubei must save an emissary of the Ming and reach Edo in time to fight the crucial match.

Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly difficult for him and his band mates to make it big.

Harue Hashimoto is a popular mystery writer. She always talks about murder tricks to make it look like an accident with her friends Mayumi Tsukasa, a singer, and Miki Kitamura, an editor. Miki has a habit of saying that she wants to kill her boyfriend Kyosuke Takamaki.

BDSM erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

A wife is frightened by the sound of the phone ringing, and her worried husband uses hypnosis to try to understand the cause of her fear. Eventually, the presence of a man behind the phone emerges. This brings despair and an unprecedented excitement to the husband. What is the true nature of his wife's lewd and sad nature?

The relationship between the mother and daughter is psychologically very tight. The isolated husband is irritated and becomes violent whenever he drinks but the two women cannot understand the reason of his violence. The mother lets the daughter marry for appearance's sake although in reality she hangs onto the daughter forever.

A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time.

Pink film distributed by Million.

In accordance with ancient rituals a landlady who runs a hot spring spa, known for its fertility, needs to conceive or she will be forced to leave. Meanwhile the owner of the spa is happy to indulge in the erotic attentions of the many geishas working there who have hopes to replace her if she fails in her duty.

A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?

Yoko, Shoko, and Kyoko are three female college students. Yoko has a boyfriend named Hiroshi, but when she hears that Shoko is having an affair, she becomes anxious. She also dreams of having an affair. Yoko approaches her professor Maehara to have an affair. Kyoko ends up sleeping with Yoko's boyfriend Hiroshi by chance. And then the three of them.

Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?

The second standalone TV drama in the Kōsuke Kindaichi series, starring Ikko Furuya. Fresh blood drips from the ceiling onto a bride’s gown… Kindaichi takes on the challenge of solving this mysterious case.

A female college student takes off her clothes in front of me! Attending university while working part-time in a peep room... The barren pleasure of writhing in agony alone while being watched gradually escalates...