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A short story during Jim's adventure at sea. He encounters a man at a bar who told a tail about a one-legged man. Thinking it's Silver who the man is referring too, Jim later asked him for details. The man told Jim that, near the coast Maratoran, Silver left the ship they were on went to the island on a small boat. Jim, who couldn't go at the time, left for Maratoran six years later. He met Silver's wife and son there.
When the bubbly 14-year-old Kotobuki falls in love with 26-year-old Hodaka, the owner and clothing designer of a popular boutique, she lies about her age in attempt to get closer to him. He is slow to warm up to her until a strange young man named Kazuomi asks Hodaka for part-time employment and stirs things up between them.
Akira Nobi directs this violent two-fisted tale about a pair of abandoned sibling teens who fall into a web of yakuza intrigue. The film opens with young, pretty Maki (Natsuo Ishido) luring a drunken salariman into a parking lot only to be mugged by Maki's brother, Shinji (played by former child star Mitsunori Isaki). Unfortunately, the drunk proves to be no ordinary working stiff, but a gangster who takes a dim view of petty crime.
A group of young people are attacked by a tragedy from a video that a young man borrowed from a rental video shop. The horrific scenes from the video become a reality for the young man and his friends. The elite staff of director Shunji Iwai have gathered to create an entirely new psycho-horror movie that is finally born here.
Noriko and Kyosuke got married despite their parents' objections. Kyosuke was saving money so that they could go on a trip abroad together, instead of having a wedding ceremony. When he finally saved up enough money, he tried to fulfill his promise to Noriko, but in fact Noriko was addicted to pachinko and had spent all the money...
The romance between young girl and salaryman continues!
Koichi, a male host, is obsessively devoted to achieving the perfect soft-boiled egg. A year ago, he and his colleague Kazuma met three mysterious men at a gym, forming a relationship that defies easy explanation. Among them, Koichi becomes drawn to Ebizuka, who teaches him the art of perfect egg preparation—turning it into a strangely intimate ritual between them. At the same time, a series of unexplained disappearances begins to surface, all seemingly connected to these three men. As unease grows, Koichi is drawn deeper into the mystery—can he uncover the truth behind it all?
Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.
On a crowded train, an office lady, Rika, is attacked. When Rika turns around, she lets out a cry of shock. The man is Tatsuo, who is married to Rika's co-worker, Miho. Later, Rika visits Miho's house and confesses what Tatsuo did to her, but...
There was a man, a novelist, who had unavoidably turned his hand to sensual novels for a living, but now made a living out of it. One morning while jogging, he picks up a lighter and cigarettes dropped by a bookstore owner, and decides to deliver them to the store. When there is no answer to the doorbell, he goes to the back of the store and looks in the slightly open window to find the owner tying up a female clerk and engaging in SM play.
America, 1971. Richard Collier and his friends are celebrating their successful graduation from college. Although the details are not certain yet, Fred announcs to everyone that the scripts Richard has written have already gotten him noticed by TV producers and he is being offered a job. As Richard's friends congratulate him, an old woman suddenly appears in the crowd.
Akio, who works at a gas station, earned his large motorcycle license and finally got his hands on the GSX1100S KATANA he’d always wanted. Devoting more affection to his bike than to his girlfriend Risa, he silently continues to test-run the engine. One day, Akio meets Mioko, a tough-talking junior at Risa’s high school. She had a crush on Akio’s friend Takashi, but at the same time, she had caught the eye of Kikuchida, a member of a delinquent gang.
Madonna, the female editor-in-chief. Her body was used as a reward for the writers who completed their manuscripts. Leopard, an erotic novelist who has a relationship with his girlfriend, spends all his time playing with women as his wife approves, but one day he hears that his sperm cannot fertilize her, and he despairs. Wandering around town, he ends up at an adult shop where Madonna is the manager!
Koizumi, once a high school P.E. teacher, recognized Shizuo's exceptional talent for long-distance running and dreamed of training him into an international athlete. Over years of guidance, Koizumi developed feelings that went beyond the teacher-student boundary. Years after graduation, they reunite in Tokyo, begin living together, and resume training. Shizuo confesses that he has loved Koizumi since high school, and they finally become partners. Yet as Shizuo pushes himself to meet Koizumi's expectations, recurring chest pain begins to threaten both his athletic future and their fragile happiness.
Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.
The fifth 'Road to the Don' film.
This story is based on the historical record of tortures in the Samurai era of Japan.
Like Madonna 1990
The sixth 'Road to the Don' film.
Pink film distributed by Shintoho.
Second movie of the series starring Hakuryu.
A student girl, derided and continually persecuted by her classmates, is preparing a mannequin with a suit of her own creation for a fashion contest; her classmates are envious because the girl is really good and so they decides to damage both suit and mannequin.
A middle-aged man and an elderly woman are standing in front of a large mansion. The man's name is Hiro and he is an office worker who lives with his elderly mother. Then, a truck arrives with the painter Rin in it. Hiro and Rin end up sleeping together. With his first solo exhibition approaching, Rin plans to complete his new work at Hiro's house. But one day Rin's art dealer asks whether he would like to go to New York to study if this solo exhibition becomes successful. He has an important decision to make.
Adapted from a manga and anime of the same name.
Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Nao Kikuchi as a young married woman who takes a job at a call-girl agency with the mistaken belief that it is a maid service. After she is raped on her first assignment, Kikuchi is understandably shocked, but quickly warms to her new career and becomes quite the professional. Unfortunately, her husband soon discovers the true nature of her work.
The Second Organized Violence film.
The strongest professional mahjong syndicate in Kansai, backed by Western Japan's largest illegal organization, sets out to conquer Tokyo! Assigned this special mission, the “Dragon of Minami” uses his speed honed in buu mahjong and his teamwork with his wife, Ritsuko, to defeat one Kanto-based professional after another. Meanwhile, Shoichi Sakurai, visiting the grave of a mahjong player he killed in retaliation for an underground match, encounters former opponent Hiromitsu Nishimura. The Tokyo faction, now in total disarray, had even approached the retired Nishimura to act as their rep player. But, having sworn off mahjong as a promise to Sakurai, Nishimura agonizes. Win the match, die. Lose the match, die. Sensing Nishimura's predicament, Sakurai enters the high-stakes arena alone. The curtain rises on the East-West Mahjong Showdown, the greatest match in Japan!
Toru Iwakawa is elected mayor of Takanosu on the platform of improving welfare. With the support of a group formed by residents, he aims to develop a "care town" to stop the isolation of the elderly. However, the town council refuses to support his proposal.
A young wife with extraordinary sexual stamina seeks to relieve sexual frustration, but eventually falls deeper and deeper into adultery and prostitution. She even turns to a tennis club...
The Kinshu Group are back to their old antics with two new recruits joining the gang and trying to prove their worth. Things take a turn for the worse when the boss takes a bullet and gets hospitalized. What will happen to the gang when snakes begin to creep, attempting to break the company apart as if the boss is already dead?!
Based on the manga by Tsuchiya Garon (aka Marley Carib) and Kawaguchi Kaiji, serialized in Action in the 80s. A detective thriller in which former boxer Shozo is thrown into a web of intrigue when he picks up a ringing phone in a room whose occupant he is supposed to be following.
A boy gets in over his head in a Kabukicho love triangle.
This non-narrative film depicts the routines of a girls' basketball team in a junior high school near Tokyo. Shot with a stationary camera, it consists of six ten-minute segments, some of which show the girls' routine exercises, others of which are choreographed.
A drama that depicts the trajectory of four years in the life of two young musicians and one woman who dreamed of becoming a star, leaving Hakata to pursue fame in Tokyo.
A film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie depicting teenagers' outlook on life, values, and lifestyle.
A work produced for the Morimura Yasumasa Exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art, (April 6 to June, 1996). It was shown in an old-style theater constructed within the exhibit space that featured photographs of Morimura playing famous foreign and Japanese actresses.
Hitoshi Kamibayashi, acting head of the Sumida River Association sand group. The name has reached the point of roaring throughout the Kanto region, and rumors have spilled over the neck of Jin. At that time, Jin meets a strange woman. He meets the woman who left behind a meaningful word for Jin. Examining the woman who left Jin with meaningful words reveals that he was in contact with a pistol dealer. Immediately after that, Sakai, the chairman of the Kanto Ichienkai, who was meeting with Hitoshi, fell to a deadly bullet.
A documentary made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Satsuo Yamamoto's death.
Short skits about the characters from a variety of Compile's video game series, including the Madou Monogatari/Puyo Puyo series.
Amidst the swirl of Tokyo's seamy nightlife of designer drugs, casual sex, and American slang, Zhou turns 30. It's a spiritual crisis for this Chinese immigrant who quotes Confucius, this Lothario and con artist who fences stolen goods. He falls for Kyōko, a seemingly shy provincial woman looking for the man who jilted her sister.
Erotic drama depicts the psychology of a middle-aged woman who gradually develops a lust for a young girl whom she had envied.
Pinku distributed by Xces, starring AV actress Rui Sakuragi.
Yusaku feels that his wife, Misako, has become more bewitching. This is because Misako's erogenous zones have been completely developed by Yusaku's careful daily sexual techniques. Misako is moaning in Yusaku's arms. She had been so absorbed in sex since last night that she seemed to have forgotten the time. She was living a happy married life that everyone envied, but when Yusaku decided to transfer to Bangkok, she left for Thailand on her own. Feeling lonely being alone, he decides to meet up with his old friend Keiko. However, she was now working at a traveling soap. In order to relieve her loneliness, she asks if he would like to work with her...
Working as a tram supervisor always filled a hard-working young girl in Hiroshima with joy during the Second World War … but times are changing. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima devastated the city, and nothing is as it once was. How will their lives change after this catastrophe?
A young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a crime punishable by death, but escapes with his life. He is forced to return to the castle by the dying light, but the mistress has become fascinated with him...
The year is 1977, in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Shoichi Sakurai, a professional underground mahjong player, has come to be known as the "Juku Mahjong Demon." One day, he is asked to play mahjong on behalf of a yakuza boss who is looking after him. However, the person he is playing against turns out to be a big shot known as the "Emperor of Ginza."
Based on the manga of the same name by Buronson (Yoshiyuki Okamura). The story of a young man who volunteers to join the air force for selfish reasons, but grows through rigorous training and interaction with his friends.
A gripping yakuza drama about a former elite banker who steps into the underworld.
Misako is invited to a party celebrating the wedding anniversary of her former teacher at school, Professor Kitamura, and his wife, Hanae. Her husband, Akira, waits for Misako to return home, drinking beer by himself, but she never comes back. Her younger sister, Kana, lives on the second floor, and it seems that her boyfriend, Toru, has come over today and is having sex with her. The next morning, Misako finally returns home. Akira is furious, but she can't forget how much fun she had at the party. What did she see and experience there?
A one hour made for TV special. Set in modern Japan, a journalist goes to Innsmouth to investigate people with deformation.
Chris Marker’s Bullfight in Okinawa is a bizarre, 4 min documentary that introduces viewers to Japan’s subterranean past time of bullfighting. Part of Markers five-film “Bestiary” series, Bullfight employs observational documentary techniques and, in particular, Marker’s camerawork is impressive — tight framed shots, free-hand pans, and quick zooms all contribute to the film’s urgent sense of tension — and, if it weren’t for the suspense inducing music, this short-gem would be damn close to pure objective documentary cinema.
Pinku distributed by Okura Eiga