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A dramatic musical written by Shibata Yukihiro, based on the full-length novel by literary master Stendahl.

Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business.

Direct to video crime film.

The stars of the popular Capcom fighting game come to life in this exciting anime series. Join Edward Falcon (who can transform into a rocket-powered robot warrior!) and his comrades -- fortune-teller Rouge, samurai Ryoma and ninja Ayame -- as they search for Falcon's father and the Mighty Power Stones. As the series concludes, Falcon discovers his enemies' terrible secret before a final confrontation in Dark Land.

A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

Based on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.

Rinko (Yoshimi Yokosuka), a former teacher who married Katsura (Akira Tanimoto), the father of her student Shin (Ryosuke Suzuki). Sagawa was secretly meeting at the hotel after stealing. Sagawa was screaming from Rinko and was aiming for the property of the Katsuragi family. One day, while on a business trip to Katsuragi, Rinko confesses that she likes Shin.

Pachinko-themed film directed by Osamu Amuro.

Ogata, a nice and hardworking man, has only one problem... His love for Takasugi, another man. But by telling Takasugi about his feelings, the problem should be gone. Yet another problem arises: Takasugi believes their feelings are too alike and that they therefore can't be together. But who knows what can happen when two men in love go away on a vacation together—both determined to win the seducing game.

Two brothers rob a bank killing everyone inside except a female bank employee whom they torture sexually.

A woman wants to throw herself off a bridge after her boyfriend of two years breaks things off with her. The guy who stops her from doing so is looking for his ex-girlfriend, who he is planning to kill. The woman makes off with his gun and from then on plans to kill her ex as well.

Jun’kichi, the boss of the Kogiku family, and Ken Onbeya are a small-time yakuza duo who make their living running a betting shop. They were known as ‘honourable bookies’ who would relentlessly collect debts from losing customers but pay out winnings promptly to winners. One day, Ken sets out to collect a 3 million yen debt from Kurosu, who is in arrears. However, there he is reunited with Keiko, a woman he once loved. She was now Kurosu’s wife, gazing sadly at her husband, who had become a wreck, consumed by gambling… Upon enquiry, Ken learnt that the company Kurosu ran had already gone bankrupt, and to make matters worse, he had taken out a loan of no less than 400 million yen from the bank. Unable to stand by and watch, Ken offered a helping hand, but the self-interest of a major bank official and the ambitions of Ezaki, the second-in-command of the Wakakura-gumi, stood in his way.

"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Shintoho.

Second film of Akira Hoshino's "Closed School Trilogy".

Tomiko, a housewife, composes Tanka as a hobby. Tomiko's husband, Nobuo, who thought she was submissive, is surprised to find that Tomiko's tanka is radical. Nobuo takes the contents of her tanka seriously and suspects that Tomiko is cheating on her, so he ties her up with a belt and punishes her, but he becomes lustful at the sight of her tied up...

A corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug addicts.

A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen or so young policemen and a bar as a front. Meanwhile, girls are disappearing and the friend of one girl is searching for her. It turns out the girls are being kidnapped and sold into bizarre kinky sex games to rich industrialists by a megalomaniacal corporation. One of the young deputies becomes involved and finds a friend of his (the boyfriend of the searching woman) is involved.

Based on the original story by Yasumura Ryou.

Kiba is a bodyguard who works to raise money for his master's karate dojo. He gets the assignment to guard a young woman in Taipei...

#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."

A ensemble drama set against the backdrop of the typhoon shelters scattered throughout Hong Kong, depicting the day Hong Kong was handed back to China on July 1, 1997

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.

A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.

A man and a woman, talking over their relationship.

Short film presented at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 1996.

After Sunflower Orphanage burns down, Keisuke and Uncle decide to re-open Rapeman Services to raise money for repairs. When a wife requests her cheating husband's mistress to be raped, the vigilante becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving fraud, suicide, and a shady matchmaker. All the while, Keisuke is relentlessly pursued by a clingy spinster desperate for his hand in marriage.

A heart-warming drama set in Asakusa, depicting the spirit of the craftsmen who still thrive in the old neighbourhoods today.

Ryoko Hirosue live performance from 1999.

Tsuru is a roving broadcaster and collector of singing-and-dancing DNA samples, kept in her lunchbox. One day she finds an abandoned script (its penniless author has fled to Taiwan in search of a woman) and so she moves into the writer's house and sets about staging it as a play.

Garo cartoonists Dynamite Crazy Party. A live concert centered around Garo cartoonists

Even though this is a recap, there are a few sequences where there is some new text overlaid the pictures, telling something that wasn't explicitly told earlier.

The story of students of a baseball team from Midoriyama High School, who will participate in the 66th National Championship Tournament of Senior High School Baseball in Japan.

Mataro Jinguji is a carefree talent scout whose trademark is his Panama hat. One day, his mentor Hiro asks him to poach Maiko, Roppongi’s top hostess, for a club in Ginza set to open in five days’ time. However, his rival scout, Yosuke, is also targeting Maiko using underhand tactics…

The fifth OVA about the Kinshu Group ganster syndicate in Kansai region

Goro, who works as a parcel delivery man, separates from his fiancee Mie and marries Yuriko, the wife of a Shinto shrine priest who died in the womb. Yuriko is a full decade older than Goro, and this is her third marriage. Then Katsuko, who works for a construction company that Goro is a client of, comes to live with him, relying on him... This highly exciting film, written by Oka Teruo and directed by Nitta Sakae, depicts the endless world of sexual pleasure between lust-starved women and a man with an insatiable sexual appetite. Yoshiyuki Yumi, Momoi Sakurako, Hayashi Yumika and others compete in extreme lustful ecstasy.

A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!

The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.

19-year old Reiko is a rich, arrogant, material girl, who refuses to admit her feelings for classmate Tetsuya Akimoto before it's almost too late.

Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP.

Have you ever heard of the Vampiyans? One noble family of such vegetarian vampires have been banished from Monster Land for their inability to scare humans. To lift the exile set on the family, Papa, the head of the household, must scare 1000 humans. To this end, he attempts to use his magnificent skills in making new inventions, but always and inevitably fails. To complicate things further, Papa's daughter Suh falls in love with a young human boy and no longer wants to return to Monster Land. Will Papa ever get his family back home?

#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.

Rei, a beautiful psychotherapist confronts a crazy cult evil group, known for their brainwashing methods.

Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.

The third 'Gotoshi' film.

A bellboy stalks a woman who frequents the hotel where he works.

A man becomes obsessed with delusions due to his obsession with a woman he lost, and loses sight of reality. A girl he meets in a rundown entertainment district gently accepts the man's delusions. The only time the two, who seek each other as if to erase the boundary between self and other, feel reality is when they indulge in a dangerous game involving a time bomb... The audiovisual effects, calculated down to the smallest detail, such as the rain and humidity, the deliberate use of red in the color scheme, and the pop song the woman hums, contribute to the continuation of the conceptual story.

On her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of the Queen's secret, early love. The Princess goes into the forest to meet her mother's former lover. When she looks into his eyes, she realizes why her mother had fallen in love...

Amidst rumors that the spirit of a student, who committed suicide years ago, appears in the photography club darkroom, high school sophomore Yuri borrows a mysterious horror manga from her elusive but studious senior, Miwako.

Aika Mire's dinner show.

Several short animated mini-stories based on the short stories and four-panel manga of Keiko Fukuyama, including My Father the Mouse, The Rabbit Brothers, Summer Secret, The Mysterious Fairy, How Very Strange, and Kuro.

A young woman on the Tokyo subway who may be possessed.

Minami Kanto Women's Prison is a prison for the most dangerous criminals. The special wing where Kyoka works as the head prison officer houses Saki, who murdered her fiance and probation officer Michio. The two were classmates in high school and had a special relationship. Kyoka was convinced that Saki had killed Michio out of jealousy, and so she continued to subject Saki to the humiliating act of feeding her to the perverted prison officer Mikami. However, Saki still loved Kyoka...

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.

Makoto is a newcomer to a sexy pub. From her first day, she actively provides excellent service to customers, even going so far as to offer hotel services to customers who repeatedly request her, and quickly becomes the most popular hostess. Her seniors, Emi and Akane, warn her about her excessive behavior, but Makoto doesn't listen. A welcome party is held for her, but only the manager, Kanda, and the older hostess, Katsuko, attend. That night, Makoto and Kanda have sex at a hotel...

Starring Mizutani Kei, who has cemented her status as a gravure queen. One's gaze is riveted by Mizutani Kei's fresh yet powerful physique. The psychological portrayal of a brother who becomes involved with his two step-sisters is well depicted. Kazama Kyoko's dynamite figure is quite good too, but it is still the lead Mizutani Kei in her pure white lingerie that is truly alluring.

In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?

It's been three months since the Sacred Sword War ended, & Kojiro and Ryoma are nowhere to be found. Back at the villiage of the Fuma clan, a group calling themselves the "Shinsei Fuma clan" forms, calling for an end to the clan of old... And those who are not with them are considered the enemy.