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Sticky Wife, Begging Wife II: While being Watched by her Husband

Editor Kurumada is in charge of the popular author Hara. When he receives a call from the capricious Hara and goes to retrieve the manuscript, Hara hugs his wife, Mariko, in his study as if to show off to Kurumada. Even though Kurumada suppressed her rising anger, Mariko's foolishness still stuck in her mind. Afterwards, Kurumada is invited to Mariko's home and begins a relationship with her. The incident was videotaped by Hara. Hara claims that he has the right to embrace Kurumada's wife, Yumi... The second work in the series depicting the sexual behavior of a married woman who indulges in swapping.

Sticky Wife, Begging Wife II: While being Watched by her Husband

2.0 1997
Those NEW Swell Yakuza 2 - Burglary Blues

Ichiro Haruno is a young apprentice of the Onryukai Tatsumi Kogyo, a company that has a reputation for its natural talent and spirit. However, even after one year, he is still too good a person to be able to do even a single “Kiritori”. He is told, “If you can't do this much Kiritori, get out of the business! His older brother Kawada, young boss Furuya, and other members of Tatsumi Kogyo order Ichiro to make a man of himself by giving him 10 million yen for “kiritori”. Furuya tells Ichiro not to come back until he gets the money, and Ichiro begins his “kiritori” game, gambling his way to the top of the gangster world.

Those NEW Swell Yakuza 2 - Burglary Blues

NR 1999
My Sister And Izuna

An idyllic and quiet horror movie in the age of the occult. Tadashi lives alone with his younger sister Kyoko, who has returned to Japan after a divorce. The older brother tries desperately to get rid of it, but in fact, the two siblings have an incestuous relationship, and Kyoko is possessed by Izuna, who is used by Kyoko's ex-husband who resents the relationship. The screen is black and white and eerie. Izuna smiles fearlessly at her. A brother and sister who cannot settle their warped love. With elaborate art reminiscent of Japanese houses and customs of the 1950s, the film brilliantly depicts a mature mystery world with a nostalgic flavour.

My Sister And Izuna

9.0 1990
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida

Yoshida grew close to Ozu Yasujiro during his time at Shochiku, where he was able to observe the legendary master at work. Although Yoshida and his generation outspokenly rejected the values of Ozu, Kurosawa and the older humanist filmmakers, over the years Yoshida found himself increasingly drawn back to Ozu’s films, fascinated by their unique rigor, formal language and delicate balance between comedy and tragedy. For Japanese television, Yoshida adapted his own text into a four part documentary, which he also condensed into the one hour version.

The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida

NR 1994
Lunatic

The sensual images depict the love and hatred between four men and women living together, creating a new kind of love story. One night, alcoholic writer Akimoto and live-in former actress Yumiko meet Koichi, a gay drug dealer pursued by the yakuza, and his younger brother Yuji, a castrated man. The four of them flee Tokyo and start living together in Koichi and Yuji's childhood hideout. In the midst of their peaceful life, Yumiko falls in love with Yuji, but he is unable to give her any physical satisfaction. In the meantime, Yuji asks Koichi to hold Yumiko instead of him, which leads to jealousy among the men.

Lunatic

NR 1996
Homemade Movie

Using his family members and friends as cast, independent filmaker Fumiki Watanabe has brought a drama to the screen which opens a window into the daily lives of modern Japanese living in provincial towns. In the story, (Fumiki is a tutor to junior high students. In Japan, the pressure on pre-college-age students to excel in their studies is so intense that after-school tutors have a very important role in the culture, and tutoring is a respected full-time profession. The tutor is bored with his marriage, and has a liaison with the parent of one of his girl students. At the same time, his son is going out with his new mistress' girl, and as a result of this, the situation rapidly becomes very confusing, and Fumiko is unable to hide this pecadillo satisfactorily.

Homemade Movie

6.3 1990
Puru Puru Panic! ! ~ Fairy Havoc! ~

Asumi is a bright and lively 12-year-old girl who lives in Itami with her father Yusuke, who runs a coffee shop. Surrounded by beautiful waitress Nahoko and Daisaku, a university student who calls himself a genius inventor, she leads a happy life.  One day, a strange phenomenon known as the “Flower Blizzard Incident”, which has been happening all over the Kansai region, occurs near Asumi's house. Yusuke, a former ace of the defence force, gets excited and starts investigating the case. At that time, Asumi meets Ferilin, a boy fairy who holds the key to the case. Asumi asks him about the truth behind the incident. However, Ferrillin escapes and Nahoko, who tries to catch him, is turned into a doll.  Asumi, Daisaku and Yusuke track down Ferrillin in order to stop the Hanabuki incident and restore Nahoko to her former self. Daisaku, in particular, is in love with Nahoko and wants to save her at all costs.

Puru Puru Panic! ! ~ Fairy Havoc! ~

NR 1990
Married Woman and Mistress Affair Peeping

A sensual drama depicting the friendship between a woman who continues to have an affair and a man who provokes her by secretly filming her. Satomi Yoko, who has just made her debut, received high praise for her passionate performance as a woman who drowns her loneliness with infidelity and is also attracted to an unknown voyeur. Maki (Yoko Satomi), who lives alone, invites Yuji (Akira Yokozuka) to her room and they get close to each other, and the act is revealed to the detective hired by his wife (Keiko Seto), but he is caught on camera from the apartment across the street. The presence of Toshiaki (Atsushi Toyama), who spies on Maki and calls Maki every time they have an affair, causes ripples in their muddy relationship.

Married Woman and Mistress Affair Peeping

3.0 1998
The Don: The Legend of the Fireball

Ryōji Shuto, the only son of a top-tier cram school owner, is a man determined to take the shortest route to the top—not only aiming to become the boss of the Komashi gang, but also to rise to the pinnacle of the yakuza world. The first target Ryōji set his sights on was the Onimatsu Alliance, which had recently moved into the neighbourhood. Ryōji recklessly challenges the chairman, Kyōsuke Matsuguchi, to a one-on-one duel, only to be dismissed out of hand. Meanwhile, Matsuguchi, having set his sights on the Shuto Seminar, begins to blackmail Ryōji’s father, Rentaro, using the school’s management policies as leverage. Learning of his father’s predicament, Ryōji stages a grand charade that even draws in Matsuguchi’s wife, Kyoko!

The Don: The Legend of the Fireball

NR 1996
Natasha of the Rainbow

In 1932, the shadow of war threatens, but Japan is still at peace. A sponsor of the Imperial Symphony, Lord Kuretake Kimiya, is deathly ill. He calls to his bedside Sanjou Kaoru, who is both the fiancé of his daughter Umeko and an up-and-coming conductor. Lord Kuretake has a very serious request: Many years ago, he had a daughter with a Russian woman and he begs Sanjou to search for her in Shanghai. Because her mother, Anastasia, an opera singer, was a close friend of the princess, when the revolution came, she vanished with the imperial family. Since then, Kuretake has married and had a family, and he wants his daughter Natasha to be raised in his home.

Natasha of the Rainbow

NR 1997
Ryoko, 21 Years Old

The filmmaker looks into problems of personal communication by focusing on the letters of a woman who has done enjokosai, that is, a young woman who agrees to talk with or meet or go to a hotel with (usually older) men for money. The director himself met Ryoko, the film's subject, via her telephone messaging system. Discarding the flood of sensational images found in the mass media, this film illustrates the thoughts of Ryoko and others from the perspective of those actually involved.

Ryoko, 21 Years Old

NR 1998
Zenshin seikantai: Chôinran onna

A story depicting the encounter between a traveling health driver who delivers prostitute gals and the woman who works there, and the subtleties of their minds and bodies. One day, a traveling health driver picked up a strange girl who was hungry. He was fascinated by her beauty and trained her as a prostitute. Although he was attracted to her hard work, he continued to work with her as a member of her staff. However, when she moved to an exclusive club and they no longer met, she realized that there was a hole in her heart...

Zenshin seikantai: Chôinran onna

2.0 1994
Chicago Live In Japan 1995

The concert is recorded in Japan in support of the Chicago Night and Day (Big Band) album. Not released and performed with a Japan Big Band ensemble and one of my personal favorites in my Chicago live concert video collection. Setlist: Band Introductions Saturday In The Park Questions 67 and 68 You're The Inspiration Free Hard Habit To Break Colour My World Look Away The Making Of Night and Day - Big Band Night And Day Chicago Don't Get Around Much Anymore Moonlight Serenade Goody Goody Make Me Smile Beginnings Just You And Me Does Anybody Rally Know What Time It Is I'm A Man Hard To Say I'm Sorry In The Mood 25 Or Six To 4 If You Leave Me Now

Chicago Live In Japan 1995

9.0 1995
Nonsensical Life

One summer day, a university student, Yazawa, is offered a lucrative job that pays 50,000 yen for two hours. All he had to do was go to a poet's house and listen to his poems. On the day of the job, the poet, Kihara, reads out a strange poem that starts with "The world is one" and ends with "Because we are 10 years old". Yazawa did as Kihara asked, reciting the poem and answering his questions. Yazawa reads the poem at Kihara's request and asks him a question: "Please give me a title. Kihara's ability to take something that would normally be "boring" and turn it into a surrealistic laugh is brilliant.

Nonsensical Life

NR 1991
Kyonyû mibôjin: Yusurinaki

A woman is now a widow after her husband dies. In her prime, all she can do is pleasure herself nightly while remembering her late husband. Then, her husband's sister appears in a dispute over her husband's inheritance, claiming that she too has the right to inherit. The sister has a perverted middle-aged lover whose only purpose seems to be sex, and he breaks into the woman's house and starts having sex without her permission. Seeing this, the woman becomes even more aroused. On top of that, she is informed of a secret child that her husband had when he was young. The woman is shocked to see the child. He looks just like her late husband! The woman begins to wonder about the child..

Kyonyû mibôjin: Yusurinaki

2.0 1991