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University student Yusaku has no idea what he wants to do and spends his days drifting around. One day, on his way home after drinking, he bumps into a girl. Yusaku chases after her. He finds out that the girl has been in an argument with a yakuza-like man and is about to be taken away by force. He tries to help her, but is punched by the man and falls to the ground. Yusaku has not been able to forget about her...

A young-at-heart widower leads an independent life in a quiet fishing town in northern Japan. He eases his loneliness by walking in the snow and studying the growth of fish at a breeding center.

An omnibus-style youth drama consisting of 4 episodes. Five girls who go to high school near Tokyo. Mio who meets the homeless in Shibuya at night, Akira who had hidden her best friend's happiness, Kaori who loved her teacher...

Two stories explore secrets, desire, and unrequited love. In "My Brother's Lover," graduate student Takeo and his sister share a home—and unexpectedly, a romantic interest in Riku, a man who has acted in gay adult films. This secret threatens to upend the siblings' lives. In "His Child," Akihiko secretly loves his straight best friend, Kazuya, and selflessly cares for Kazuya's baby. However, Kazuya hides a crucial secret that, when revealed, forces him to confront the complex feelings tied to Akihiko and his family.

Shizuka Kamei is a young high school student whose family is in deep debt since the disappearance of her father. After being expelled from her high school because of her money problems, she finds a part-time job: here she is an assistant to a lawyer, Nonaka Hiromu, who fantasizes about the uniforms of high school girls.

A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected protector starts defending him. / An alien homeroom teacher gives career advice to a student.

The game-changing earrings will change your life. But Mickey is scared to get his ears pierced (‘I'm not getting carried away!’). (The story is about a young girl who gets her ears pierced. Where will you go when you get your driving licence? Jumbo thinks of a family restaurant far away (‘Will you finally get one?’). Jumbo is not happy at all.

Some youths interact at a bar, a horse race and a bowling alley. A girl who has been visiting from out of town ,on her train ride back, reads aloud a list of vocabulary definitions from a dictionary.

A 15-minute virtual tour video done for Japan's sadly defunct "Toba International House of Hidden Treasures - SF Future Museum". Opened adjacent to a railway station in 1981, until the year 2000 this four story Museum/environment housed the extraordinary sex-related collections of items of the late designer and creator Masato Matsuno. With everything from black velvet paintings to Edo Period erotic tableaux reconstructed from customized manikins, the piece de resistance here is the documentation of the rooms depicting the hunting, sperm extraction, then disposal of humans by extraterrestrial:

An independent film made on a budget of 80,000 yen

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The third installment of the omnibus-style erotic horror "Fantasma," which has been airing on TV Tokyo since July and is directed by six celebrities.

Spoons and forks bend and these movements remind you of plants. They are unnatural movements but why can we easily accept them? "Supernatural power" is expressed as a "beauty", not with an occult point of view.

Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a result of an article she wrote, she is sent to work for a community magazine at Fukuoka. An anonymous letter arrives, which puts her in contact with an old and forgotten theater, the 'Minato Theater' in nearby Shimonoseki.

2008 release

One rainy night in the Edo period, Kotono (a geisha) confronts samurais who killed her father. The samurais attack her one after another, but she fights hard against samurais with her sword. Kotono tries to chase the samurais who scramble to escape. Yet now three ninjas stand up against her. Kotono drops her sword by their wave of assaults. Can she beat them?

The life and death of the men who are bound by violence.

A mysterious light falls from the Heavens. It's the Pearl Jade. It can grant any wish. Dr. Ni tells Gyokumen Koushu about it. Lirin overhears and tells Kougaiji. Then Kanzeon Bosatsu (The Merciful Goddess) requests "orders" Sanzo and company to go and find and seal it before it falls into the wrong hands.

It is 1980. Sadatomo is at a secondary school in a small town. His parents barely take any notice of him. The strict teacher Kobayashi has hung up a 'humanity index' in the classroom, divided into the categories 'delinquents', 'scum' and 'people'. In each category he has hung name-cards of pupils. One day Kobayashi finds out that Sadatomo and his friends have stolen some things from a shop for fun. Their fathers are informed and as punishment, the children have to write a 'self-critical' essay of no less than thirty pages. For the first time, Sadatomo is beaten by his father. Shocked, he writes a piece entitled 'I am an onion', in which the teacher thinks he can detect a first sign of humanity. That is the start of a confusing situation in which it gets hard to distinguish lies, truth, justified self-criticism and opportunist wheeler dealing, even for the boys.

The story revolves around Keiko, an ordinary office worker, and the extreme situations of the tenants living in various apartments. Their lives become intricately entangled, leading to a series of highly unusual coincidences that eventually culminate in a chaotic uproar.

Kamiya, a surgeon forced to take responsibility for a medical error, imprisons Keiko, the daughter of the hospital's director. He subjects her to masochistic games. Before long, a strange affection begins to blossom between the two of them.

Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years ago. He died not long afterward, leaving her alone to care for the youngsters, Koya and Torataro, a task that she rose to with a passion. As the two boys graduate from high school, Hanako has become not only a devoted parent but the neighborhood's most reliable mother in the Osaka style: strong, responsible, irreverent. After the two boys leave school they also leave home, though Torataro continues to work in the family factory. Koya secures employment at a restaurant, where he is forced to put up with the bullying of an older colleague. Unable to take it any more, he runs away, and Hanako and Torataro look for him. They eventually find him pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician.

An action in which a former CIA female operative captures a revenge drama that unfolds against a huge secret organization.

The third film in the 'Drift' series.

Troubled by his beautiful wife Orie's infidelity, Saito hires Negishi to "train" her as revenge. Negishi lures Orie to his apartment, threatens her with photos of her having an affair with a younger man, and forcibly ties her up with rough rope. That day, Orie cries and endures with her eyes closed, but gradually, she begins to savor the sweet pleasure without shame... Saito receives a report from Negishi and has achieved his revenge, but his heart is not at peace...

B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE" is a home video by B'z, released on December 20, 2006. Available on both DVD and Blu-ray, the release covered B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE" that toured in support of their fifteenth studio album MONSTER. As a bonus feature, the tour documentary OFF LIMITS ~How Two Men Made a Monster~ was included on both editions.

Cheating by Kageyama, a member of the Amagasaki Daimon-gumi, is discovered at the gambling den of the Matsuura family. The Matsuura family is subordinate to the Morita family, which is run by underboss Tatsusaburo Sunagawa. Sunagawa and his men plan to use this incident as a foothold to expand into Amagasaki, which quickly turns into an all-out war.

Sometimes, yakuza must face shrewd civilians even more cunning than themselves, armed only with ethics. What are the 'negotiation tactics' you can learn from yakuza beyond fights and threats!? The unparalleled negotiation skills of the yakuza, refined to perfection, are now revealed!!

Former sand group member Kasahara attacked the Akamatsu group's office and robbed cash. Kasahara, who was driven by the Akamatsu group and lost his escape, asks Hitoshi for help. Jin, who judged that he was an act that deviated from Jinyoshi, refused to rescue Kasahara. Kasahara, who was in a difficult situation, attempted suicide, and Jin was forced to shoot Kasahara and deliver the stolen money to the Akamatsu group. However, a few days later, Kim and Kasahara's corpse disappeared, and the suspicion was struck by Jin.

A writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written by a teenage girl (Yû Aoi) who is fatally ill. Living in different time lines both are able to communicate via writing diaries…

A behind the scenes featurette with director Ryuta Tasaki on the making of Gamera The Brave

Making-of documentary for Masao Adachi's "Prisoner/Terrorist"

A promotional video for the Indy Racing League Bridgestone Indy Japan 3000.

Montgomery, who has opened his own detective agency, cannot forget the face of his lover, Gloria, who passed away from leukemia. He goes to see a therapist for treatment. One day, while waiting for his aunt at a hotel, Montgomery meets a woman who looks exactly like Gloria.

Riding a scooter with Seven left at home, Keita went on a solo trip. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman. She behaves strangely and elusively. Keita's scooter broke down, and he has to stay overnight at a hot spring inn. A strong yakuza gives him mysterious advice. (director's cut for episodes 19 and 20 of the 'Cellphone Investigator 7' TV show).

Ueda joins other professors to debunk a spirtualist, Midorikawa Shouko, who claims she knows when people will die. The professors die one by one. Introduction of Yabe's Otaku assistant, Akiba.

#48 in the series

Touring Issey Miyake's design studio and factory as well as spotlighting his garments on the runway, this program presents a total look at one of the world's leading fashion designers. Half innovation, half invention, Issey's use of pleats and twists has opened up a whole new world of possibilities in fabric by exploiting texture and wrinkles. The process of folding and twisting the fabrics by hand, then baking them, is captured on film. Miyake talks about his background, training, and some of his favorite projects, such as designing costumes for William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet and outfits for Lithuania's 1992 Olympic team.

Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living in a two-story house with a garage, the once unstoppable routine is about to close down forever. However, Tsutomu's last day changes him forever, as a car accident leads to his new purpose and sets him on a mission to clean every traffic mirror in Japan in order to save lives.

2007 release

Christmas Special following the series.

Sakuma, who was supposed to be dead, is alive. This brings the terror case to a sudden development. Kumada continues his investigation and tries to find a solution with the help of Kajiyama of the Kinugawa gang. Meanwhile, at the task force, a surprising relationship between the perpetrators and the police comes to light during the identity investigation.

A youth drama in which a young man visiting Busan, South Korea falls in love with a Japanese woman. Debut film directed by Masaharu Take.

At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen guitar once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind travelling shamisen player. In time with the help of friends old and new, he walks the paths that leads to his ultimate fate - that of founder of the Tsugaru style of shamisen play.

Kyoko was kidnapped after a secret meeting with her lover and colleague, Shinsaku. How long has she been here? What will happen to her?

Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.

2003 release