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Filmed live at Akasaka Blitz on December 22, 2002.

A police officer and his partner get persecuted by the local triad due to the unpaid loans of the latter. After an incident involving all of them, things get lot worse to the point that the two policemen must run for their lifes.

Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.

Sakurai is a pretty police office lady working in Roppongi Police Station. Instead of a challenging environment, her daily work is simple and rather boring though she belongs to the Serious Crime Detection Section. A homicide case in Roppongi turns the brother of Sakurai's best friend into the murder suspect. Sakurai determines to spend her weekend to investigate the case herself to find out the true murderer. While she discover a mysterious website link to a large gang of criminals, her unexpected weekend begins...

Akane, the White Dragon Priestess in a magical Heian-era Kyoto, struggles with her role while facing a new crisis. She meets a mysterious, amnesic young man and works to uncover his connection to a cursed, fatal dance that threatens the Imperial Palace

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), introduces himself, the pupils are surprised by his stutter. He has a speech impediment. Unable to speak eloquently, Murauchi faces his pupils with ‘words of truth’. His first instruction to the pupils is to return Noguchi’s desk and chair to the original place in the classroom. Every morning Murauchi greets the empty desk, “Good morning, Noguchi.” This causes a ripple beyond the classroom and among other teachers and parents, but Murauchi will not stop doing it. Eventually the day comes when Murauchi must leave.

A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.

Murder, conspiracy, chases, unexpected turns of events in 24 hours everything as it is now will change! Seventy-two hours before the incident: 100,000,000 won worth of drugs are stolen from a police convoy as they are being delivered as evidence.

Henshin tells the story of Junichi, a young boy who is forced to go through a life-saving brain transplantation. By his side, his girlfriend Kei is watching over him all the time. Junichi seems to recover complete from this operation, but while Kei is thrilled that he is back by her side, Junichi senses that all is not well. Something inside of him seems to have changed and his feelings for Kei are beginning to fade. Though he wants nothing more than for the two of them to be happily together, Junichi realizes that something must be done. He makes a bold decision to protect the young woman he loves that will prove to everybody, especially himself, what his true feelings for Kei really are.

2009 release

Seconds before Reika (from the first movie) dies, she gives the key to a coin locker to her pupil Ayano. After a hunt for the right coin locker, Ayano finally finds the right one but she soon realizes that some things should be left alone. When some other students at her school finds the coin locker, the curse begins once again. The long haired girl is once again out to get anyone who's opened the coin locker.

Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13, a vicious, brutal and disfigured character intent on exacting a painful revenge on his bully.

Junko, a Japanese exchange student, goes to Korea where she unexpectedly finds herself forced to share a room with Jong-man, a disagreeable young man, who has been forced to tutor her.

Years have passed since the first film. Goro never got over the death of his partner and continues to drown his misery in alcohol. His latest work as a private detective involves spying on a man suspected of adultery by his wife. She happens to be right, but he's cheating on her with a male university student and not another woman. When that student turns up dead shortly after Goro delivers his results, he is initially indifferent. But then he's absudcted and beaten to within an inch of his life by people who clearly want to ensure his silence, and that changes things. Turns out, his past once again comes back to haunt him.

Three aspiring young Japanese models are on their very first fashion shoot at an abandoned school one hot summer day. Without warning, strange events begin occurring around the set that causes the models and photo crew to question their sanity, as one by one they begin to die agonizing and painful deaths that are seemingly caused by none other than themselves.

Takayuki is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome, and will gradually lose his sight. He resigns from his job and leaves his girlfriend, Yoko (Yuriko Ishida) to return to his hometown, Nagasaki, where his mother lives. Takayuki spends his days strolling around Nagasaki, to imprint familiar scenes on his memory. Yoko visits him and insists on staying. Takayuki has major concerns for her future, and his own life. He drives her away, for her own good. After days of affliction, the two reunite. The story leads to an emotive conclusion, the end of his spiritual journey.

Hwa-Sim is a prostitute who believes in love. Joon-Chi is a novelist. He wanders around aimlessly and eventually settles in with Hwa-Sim. Sunny, also a prostitute and someone that looks up to Hwa-Sim, appears in their relationship.

An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.

The story about a young man whose drinking habit causes disaster for his family and himself.

Sombat is a night taxi driver who has unique taste in things. He enjoys listening to AM radio channels for they reminds him of the good old days though other people find him outdated and call him dork.

Bud Pitt and his girlfriend Moon leave the city and move to the countryside to start a new chapter in their lives. At the village, they meet their new, cheery neighbor Olive. However, Bud is suspicious of Olive when she roams the streets at night, seemingly developing a multiple and mystifying personality. In addition, Pitt and Moon is uncomfortable with the eerie atmosphere of the village. As a result, Pitt pins his hope on his mother, who has expertise in the supernatural.

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one can move out until a new tenant arrives. Those brave enough to break the rules are unmercifully killed by a mysterious force.

Desperate for money to save his sick daughter's life, a father decides to rob a bank.

The hotel room where he stayed on a business trip, where no one was supposed to be but him.......13 scary stories including "Another One".

Teenage girl has to decide if she is capable of being captain of the school's cheerleading squad. Suddenly the team lost the support and inspiration.

A parking attendant uncovers greed and corruption as he works to clear his brother of false charges.

In Madonna, Tanaami employs his signature collage-style animation, combining pop art influences, retro aesthetics, and surrealistic motifs. The film explores themes of desire, fantasy, and memory, often referencing elements of post-war Japanese culture and American pop culture.

Hideo Aiba is a reserved and obedient high school student, who has never had any girlfriend. He spends all his energy on masturbating, his true reason for living. His life and his solitary activities will take a radical change when a new transfer student, the sexy Kurumi Sahana, joins his class.

Six guys wacky guys, who worked together at a summer beach bar job, come across a letter from dream girl Eriko. The letter isn't addressed to anyone in particular, but asks if the recipient would meet her at the beach bar on Christmas Eve. Each of the men believe they are the one Eriko wants to meet and a heated battle between the lovelorn men begins. A seventh man, attorney Sekiguichi, then appears and also enters the competition!

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

Terrorism proves to be the symptom, and not the cause in this documentary focusing on the Islamic insurgency in Thailand, a country already feeling the effects of a dangerously unstable democracy. The situation is seen from the perspective of outspoken Thai human-rights activist Kraisak Choonhavan, who, while making the journey southward, reveals an unseen side of the Muslim community. After living alongside Buddhists peacefully for generations, a large number of the Muslim population seems to have suddenly become violent. Over the course of just two years, over fifty Buddhists teachers have been killed. But why? As the Muslim separatist attacks become increasingly intense and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra responds with growing force from military and government, a mutual mistrust on both sides paves he path towards violence and tragedy.

The battle for the Capital city of Kyo rages as warring political factions vie for power against hereditary rulers. After the murder of her parents at the hands of her seditious uncle, a young girl named Kintoki flees to the mountains to lead a harsh life; she is renamed Kai Doh Maru by the local villagers. Rescued by Raiko, the Captain of 'The Four Knights' - honorable defenders who protect the peace of the city, she is raised within their group as a boy. Living among the Knights, she learns the practices of martial arts and develops into a skillful samurai, becoming a permanent member of their team. Now, as a young woman of seventeen, she begins to discover new feelings of passion and love for Raiko... but she also discovers that these new emotions cause a storm of jealousy and rage in another woman linked to her past.

Intellectually impaired he might be, Jun (Leon Lai) is only dumb but not silly. Abandoned by his family on a trip to Tokyo with only a few notes in his pocket, he thinks he has found his guardian angel when he bumps into a former classmate, Hoi (Chapman To). But Hoi is no angel at all. He is just a grifter on the run from yakuza loan sharks. When Yan (Yang Kuei-mei), the owner of an escort service, is convinced the ingenuous Jun will mark a perfect gigolo, Hoi decides to transform his pal into Tokyo's most sought-after Lothario in order to eke out a living and to pay his debts.

Under the Sungsan Bridge, in a waterside stand by the Han River, a poor and tired-looking father and daughter, Jae-mun, and In-seon, are arguing the generation gap over whether to buy boiled eggs or instant crackers. The stand owner Hee-bong hears Jae-mun suddenly declare that boiled eggs float.

A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.

Three women meet in a cafe and tell each other ghost stories, from a story of an ancient drum with a hidden past, a magic love potion so strong that one can literally die from love, to and a murder case with a twist.

A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.

Intense and unheimische digital film by the illustrious duo Takahashi Izumi and Hirosue Hiromasa. A woman kidnapped her sister's murderer and uses her website to attract strange visitors to the apartment where she is holding him.

Machiko Mai joined the private school Arama. She was late on the very first day but the principal Kokedaruma did not seem to care because Machiko was a Tokyo University graduate. He requested that Machiko to make the students smart enough to enter Tokyo University so that Arama can be a prestigious high school.

In this instalment, Ippei and his two companions stake 3 million yen of their own money to compete in a contest of conning techniques. Ippei uses his masculine charms to ensnare a female investor (Kei Mizutani), whilst Saki uses her wiles to set a trap for a young entrepreneur. Meanwhile, Genjirō, who had set out to find a mark, meets an aspiring painter; his sympathy for her gradually turns to love. The three distinct schemes merge in Ippei’s mind, leading him to devise an even more elaborate deception.

Miho, a high school student, refuses to approve of her widowed mother’s potential husband when they meet each other at a restaurant. As she flounces out of the restaurant, she drops her cell phone. At the moment there is an earthquake and she drops her cell phone down a staircase. The phone is found by Tokijiro, a boy that lives in 1912.

Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life.

The third and final V-Cinema sequel.

The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy humans. The battle between Atom and Igza unfolds in the far reaches of space.

A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in the 60's and 70's and Ang Lee's epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. The series also features interviews with such luminaries including John Woo, Chu Yuen, Lau Ka Leung, Gordon Lau Ka Fai, Sammo Hung, David Chiang and Cheng Pei Pei.

A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for the couple.

A priest and a nun perform euthanasia on those who come to the church seeking salvation. One day, a young man named Seongjin comes to the priest and nuns and asks to stay at the church for a week.

THE iDOLM@STER Master Movie was released on September 27th, 2006 at the price of ￥5,500 by Columbia Music Entertainment. The video features live footage of the THE IDOLM@STER 1st ANNIVERSARY LIVE (which was held at Studio Coast on July 23rd, 2006), and a documentary that includes "LESSON SCENES", "SCENE Rehearsals", and cast interviews. All of the songs performed were in their "M@STER VERSIONS". The video is split into sections that correspond with the songs, with each section focusing on the idol and performer who own the image song. While Juri Takita does not appear in the concert, she does appear in the bonus track dramas. Rie Kugimiya was featured in the interview portions of the songs she was featured in. However, her face is not shown during any concert performances due to restrictions from her management at the time. Because of this, Mahou o Kakete! and Here we go!!, though performed as "M@STER VERSIONS", only had small portions of the performances featured on the DVD.

Singer-turned-actress Jang Na-ra, nominated for The Best Actress Award at the Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Festival, the country's most prestigious film awards, plays the role of an autistic musician in the movie "The Sky and the Sea," which is the story of the friendship between three friends ― Sky, Sea and Jin-gu. However, their moment to leave one another comes closer.

Five suicidal people meet on the Internet and form a 'suicide group'. They arrange to meet at one of the member's homes to spend their last hours together.

Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven is a fictional tokusatsu, mentioned in TV series Giant Robot Mikazuki. This single 25-minutes episode of the "Wonder Seven" was released in 2001 as bonus with the "Tekkōki Mikazuki" DVD-box.

Yuri is an ordinary teenage girl. But one day, everything changes when she learns that she's apparently dead. Even though she's technically not alive, she tries to keep her humanity and life. Her family, however, wants her out of the picture.