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Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and Noriko with a gun stands near him. Tanase calls one of the guest's name and dies.
Lum & her girlfriends are invited to Neptune by Oyuki. There she shows them her new business venture at a ranch of flying sherbets, birds capable of producing sherbet cones from their beaks. Ran convinces Oyuki to let her borrow one, her goal is to make some quick cash selling sherbets on Earth. Unfortunately, the combination of being overworked and a hot summer day has made the sherbet extremely cranky, even from its refrigerated cage. It breaks from its cage and escapes, but not before attacking Ran and Lum, and trashing Benten's brand-new bike by shooting sherbet cones at it. Now it's up to Ran to retrieve the sherbet before Benten blasts it out of the sky, and more importantly, before Oyuki finds out.
Patriotic extravanganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China), told in an ensemble format
After losing on a bad investment and falling in debt with a loan shark, Peter Yang turns to gambling, but with the help of an honest gambler, Bobby Chu, starts to win big time. This infuriates a ruthless game player, Tommy Chao, who does everything in his power to cheat them.
A woman is tricked into betraying her lover and her father is slain. She throws herself into a lake, but the legendary spirit inhabiting the lake takes possession of her body.
Japanese pop-stars are kidnapped by gangsters.
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
A boy dreams of space and a strange egg falls on the book he is reading. What comes out of it is a strange insect. The boy tries to raise it, but his mother refuses, so he throws it away in a nearby mountain and continues to observe it. The worm continues to multiply and creates a civilization that rivals that of humans... Based on a novel by Shigeru Mizuki.
Born in affluent families among the Japanese mountains, two close cousins fall in love and have to suffer through the social constraints of their time.
In Genroku-era Japan, after Lord Asano is forced to commit suicide for attacking Kira, Chief Retainer Araki sends Kaizuka Shingo undercover to investigate Oishi Kuranosuke's motives. As Kiras son deploys spies to stop Oishis revenge, Kaizuka joins the samurai's cause, setting the stage for a historic raid.
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
Cora becomes known by participating in a televised beauty contest. When she is hired at a gym where her friend Amy works, she meets Mark, an amateur actor. While the couple experiences difficulties, Cora becomes closer to Roy, a dentist.
Ryuuichi is a high-school student tired of living in a small town with small people. He's determined to claw his way to the top of Tokyo, and he'll use any woman he can to do it.
Gamba, an adventurous mouse, embarks on a journey with his childhood friend Bobo. They gather experienced mice sailors at a harbor. They encounter Chuuta, a mouse who has been injured and in need of help. He appeals for Gamba and Bobo to assist him in defending the island of Yumemishima and its inhabitants from the cruel and wicked weasel Noroi.
A beautiful new teacher, with ambitions to become an educator, goes to a school called "Lust High School," which is a very lewd and unpleasant school. She uses her body to sooth the sexual troubles of her students and herself.
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.
Director Noboru Iguchi's first 8mm film, which he shot as a high school student.
A man with a wound from the past pops up into a gay bar in the South of Osaka. While sheltering him, the bar's owner falls in love with him.
Momoko and Kentaro are lovers. During the summer holiday, Momoko invites Kentaro on a trip, but he is not sure. Then, a small incident occurs, and their relationship becomes stormy. Momoko decides to go on a trip by herself, and Kentaro follows in her footsteps... The film is a documentary-style depiction of the feelings of two lovers who are embittered, sulking and wavering over trivial matters. It's a documentary-style film, and it really gets to the heart of what it means to be in love. It's so real!
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.
Fujiko has won a happy marriage after competing with her friend Kanae for Shunsuke, but her boring daily life and dissatisfaction with her husband only grows day by day. Meanwhile, Kanae, who has married a doctor named Seizo and lives a wealthy life, is also fed up with her boring daily life, although she has given up Shunsuke to Fujiko.
A trio of fine martial artists unite their skills to destroy a ruthless opium smuggling gang led by the Silver Fox; a master kicker and flying guillotine user. No mercy asked, none given.
A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”
Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.
A story about a love affairs of Mr. Sun, his wife, her lover, his boyfriend and so on...
Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.
After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.
Goggle V must prevent Deathdark from using their new laser weapon to destroy Tokyo. This movie takes place some time between episodes 8 and 14 of the Goggle V TV series.
Three beautiful mothers and daughters, oh, the splendid marriage scam
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.
The story takes place in the New Territories in the 1920s. Leslie Cheung is a student who returns to his home village and becomes embroiled in a love affair with his father's concubine.
The Bug-tte Honey movie.
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.
Tokiwa was the apartment complex where a group of stellar artists lived in 1953. Hiro Terada, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka shared the trials and tribulations of being struggling young artists and writers with no money and no luck with editors or girls, with a spirit of insane youthful enthusiasm that enabled them to survive the lean years and emerge as stars of the manga firmament.
Set in early 20th century. Yuan Shih-kai is forced by Japan to sign on the twenty-one demands and transfers the possession of Shandong province to Japan from German. General Cai of Yunnan province decides to uprise and lead a punitive expedition against Yuan. A famous courtesan Xiao Feng Xian admires Cai's prestige and is arrested for covering Cai before uprising.
A married woman, fed up with her cheating husband, decides to do some cheating herself.
Mysterious incidents occur around geiko in Fukagawa, and there is always the presence of a black cat at the scene of the tragedy. The woman, unaware of her presence, is pulled away by the banya, but a ronin, pretending to be a bouncer of the geisha district, appears and saves her, finally unraveling the fate of the woman.
It is the time of the dissolution of the Chinese Empire. The Boxer Rebellion challenges the occupying foreign powers, the Empress Dowager rules the throne, but Warlords control the country. After losing his army in a game of poker, one Warlord tries to borrow money from the foreigners but they will only loan him the money on one condition. The foreigners are bringing an international group of top athletes to tour China. If the warlord can recruit, and train a team to beat the international athletes, then he can borrow the money. A motley crew of offbeat characters are forced into being on the team. Coached by a very unorthodox trainer, played by Hu Gua, the team eventually meets the international athletes in a wild series of battles and competitions until one side is victorious. With lots of very juvenile humor, crotch jokes, and mildly interesting kung fu action.
In the mid-sixties, love between husband and wife was taken to task by political vicissitudes in a seaside village at Fukien province right opposite the Quimoy islets.
The failure of the 1927 revolution in China affects the lives of Chinese Communist Party volunteer Zhu Zhiyan and his girlfriend.
Yoko Shintani, an instructor at an aerobics school, secretly enjoys eavesdropping on the rooms next door. She eavesdrops on the frequent comings and goings of men by her neighbor, the model Reiko Saegusa. She relieves her frustrations as she is approaching marriageable age and her dissatisfaction with the school by eavesdropping. However, Yoko is also being watched by the photographer's assistant Naito through a telephoto lens. One night, Yoko hears Reiko's death throes. Thinking that Reiko has been murdered, Yoko calls the police, but...
The evil Black Ninja Clan tries to steal the Golden Ninja statue from Ninja Master Gordon. A Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1986 Taiwanese Film "三更半夜鬼鬧房" (Ghost Rapist/Demons Apartment) with new ninja scenes.
Fierce battle between a hungry heron and a crafty clam.
Schoolboy gang-leader Matsugorou swears revenge when his lieutenant Koume's house is burned down by a land speculator in an insurance scam.
Hung is a street-wise smart aleck and Mak is his dumb sidekick. They are partners, mostly in unlawful jobs. One night, the two are spotted by Zaza in the middle of a heist. Consequently, they go to jail. Hung hates Zaza for this. In prison they are befriended by old timer Hui. The three run afoul of boss Orca and try to avoid Orca by insulting chief warden Ko. They are brought before correction officer who is none other than Zaza. Hung hates Zaza more.
Byung-tae and Young-ja are married. His mother wants them to move out and they are faced with the harsh realities of making a living. Byung-tae perseveres and finally gets a job at a conglomerate. But Young-ja, ashamed of her husband's position, lies at her school reunion that Byung-tae has just been promoted to an executive director. On her birthday, he returns home late and they fight. Later, she finds out that he must entertain clients by drinking endlessly and she feels sorry for him. Byung-tae despairs of his life of drinking late hours almost every night. But seeing people jogging in the early morning hours inspires him to push on.
Promotional VHS starring Aya Sugimoto.
Chief B (Danny Lee) is an unconventional CID member who relies more on instincts rather than by the book to resolve situations. He's a down-to-earth fellow who's a mamma's boy, not too well-educated, and an outstanding member of the CID. Police Officer Kit (Eddie Chan) has just been promoted from the rank-and-file to CID, and at the same time is studying for the test to become an Inspector. Chief B takes him under his wings to investigate numerous gang-related cases. Kit, previously a by-the-book type of police officer, learns a lot from Chief B.
A rivalry between the Golden Ninja Warriors and the Red Ninja Warriors. The Red Ninja Warriors want a Golden Ninja Statue that the Golden Ninjas Have, which is never seen by the audience. Then, the action moves to Hong Kong where we see a criminal organization running a prostitution racket, made up of kidnapped women, out of a hotel. An English dub of the 1985 Taiwanese film "霹靂女王蜂 " (Thunder Cat Woman) with an added opening credits sequence.
The Sniping is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Eric Tsang and Alex Man
"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Shintoho.
Taiwanese movie
The Story of Panda – Taotao, directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura, was the first animation produced as a Chinese-Japanese joint venture. Released in December, 1981, the film is about Taotao, a small panda from Sichuan, who was captured and sold to a European zoo, where he got into adventures with his animal friends. The series includes a film in 1981 and a 52-episode series in 1983.