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Sachiko, a young woman frustrated with her life of dull routine, and seeking stimulation outside the deadening monotony of housework and catering to her needy husband, befriends Kobayashi, a neighbor whose wife has been carrying on an affair right under his very nose.
2001 release
In 1988, Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. This special follows Yoshiie Hiroyuki (based on a former graduate of Hokusei Yoichi) and his friends from the time they enroll in the school during it's first year accepting delinquents. This is a brilliant tale of troubled youths trying to break free from their former lives- fighting through various gut-wrenching challenges on their way- while the teachers struggle to help them every step of the way.
Takashima is a young struggling actor who wants to be a film director. The film follows his chance encounters and career highlights (and lowlights!) as he strives to reach the top, and details his attempt to create the perfect film.
The Bad Boy Squad, a variety of private detective agency, is composed of King (Ekin Cheng Yi-kin), Queen (Kristy Yeung), and Jack (Louis Koo Tin-lok), whose primary source of business is the reuniting of clientèle with their first flames, and when the trio of young operatives returns to Hong Kong from an assignment in Thailand and the Squad's next three customers supply photographs of lost loves, the women in the pictures appear to be the same individual.
Yuko Yajima works at a library. To her co-workers she appears as an extremely shy and introverted person who hardly lets anyone know her true feelings and never smiles. However her interest in a man living in room 202, Mamoru Kosino, leads Yuko into some risque behavior. The interest turns into obsession, as Yuko's jealousy turns into a thrilling game where she sneaks into apartments and scares tenants away, hoping to have Mamoru all to herself.
When 11 of her friends are raped and murdered, leaving the Samurai Princess (Aino Kishi) the only survivor, she becomes infused with her comrades' souls. Transformed into an android, she sets out to avenge their deaths. Dai Mizuno co-stars as the princess's human partner in this Kengo Kaji-directed gore fest that features breast grenades, detachable chainsaw limbs, deadly guitar riffs and more.
Azuma Tokushi, the top of the East-West Professional Mahjong Association, hopes that his daughter, Akemi, will take over his position. However, Akemi spends her days earning a little money playing amateurs and giving it to a man.
Burglars leaving the scene of their latest loot cross paths with cops ambushing an armed criminal in the same area. Amid the chaos, the burglars take a bar hostage and begin planning their escape not knowing that the armed criminal is in the bar.
The first live action Miss Machiko film
Forty-year-old Wenyao still lives in a rental room with his wife Xiaoyu, and keeps selling his book every day for rent and looks useless. On a whim, he plans to direct and shoot a video according to his book. He invites Meifeng to take a role in his video, but she edits and leaks auction fragment to the network. It makes Wenyao famous for the "hidden rule", and wins the attraction of investors. Wenyao hires amateur actors Yanzi and Mao, prepares for the opening camera. Xiaoyu learns about the "hidden rule" event and makes a scene. What can Wenyao do now?
When a pastry chef is undergoing a slump and cannot consistently make the store's trademark cherry pie anymore, she begins practicing after hours. Nothing works however. One night she receives a call at the store from a cherry orchard owner who used to be the shop's supplier. The supplier has something he wants to return.
In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of Ginji the Slasher. On his release he finds himself on the streets living with the homeless hiding from a man whose life he tried to end. His former boss and the object of Ginji's hatred is now a highly-regarded figure in politics but Ginji plans to remind him of his past transgressions and make him pay for ruining his life.
The newlyweds Jack and Ching move into a new apartment. Jack gets smacked by a car and goes into a coma, but a miraculous recovery occurs. Jack begins having visions of death around the house and he finds Ching has begun to act strangely. Jack relays his suspicions to Ching, but she thinks he might be "troubled". September, an female friend of Jack's, joins him on a fact-finding hunt. What they find isn't too comforting, as it seems that Ching may have more than a few secrets from her new husband
Following the lives of five teenagers as they try to go through life while trying to avoid their own family backgrounds.
Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months battling the disease. Although he studied hard for the university examinations and was successfully admitted to his first choice, [the prestigious] Tokyo University, he only managed to visit it for a day before passing away. After that, last January [i.e. 2005], Kazunori's mother compiled the thoughts he had left behind and published it as a book, and it was adapted into this drama. Even as Kazunori had to fight his serious illness, he received support from his friends, school teachers and family members, and had warm relations with many people. This drama illustrates the 1 year and 10 months young Kazunori persevered together with the people around him.
Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers and achieved the highest sales for his company.
Based on Haruko Kashiwagi's popular comic, the film traces a group of high-school kids as they try to revive the school's shabby brass band, and also attempt to discover the reasons behind one of the members' weird habit: Yuriko Seryu (Beni Arashiro) goes sexually wild whenever she hears good music, and mauls the boys around her.
Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money and his wife in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love with Suk-won. Joining them in their journey is Il-joo, a wacky hooker who falls in love with Dae-shik.
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.
30 Super Sentai All Together! Perfect Battle DVD is a special recap of the first 30 Super Sentai. It was included as an appendix with the main "TV Magazine" magazine.
When teenager Mikan and her eccentric mom switch bodies, the rest of the family tries to adjust while attempting to reverse this peculiar phenomenon.
Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.
A young man in a green Martian costume allows himself to be dragged hither and thither by a bossy housewife. In this way the film swerves between deceptively ordinary realism and a fantastic absurdism. The housewife Junko (Otori Rei) has started to behave increasingly strangely since the death of her son. Her husband can't put up with it any more and goes off with a female colleague. The man in the green suit, Katsura Tombo (Oda Yonosuke), is a bread salesman but he forgets his work. His strange costume is supposed to lure new customers, but he seems to have forgotten that. He is more or less kidnapped by Junko and falls in love with her. Junko however has other intentions with the rather naive salesman. The failed Martian drives her around in his aunt's van, but his helpfulness doesn't get rewarded.
In a rural town. A thug named Hideo is entrusted with his girlfriend Masami by his elder brother Kondo for the night. Although he was warned not to make a move on her, Masami seduces Hideo and he sleeps with her. The next morning, Kondo finds out and orders him to bring 100,000 yen by the next day as a settlement. At a loss, Hideo goes into a restaurant and puts a hair in a bowl to try to make a fight, but at that moment a middle-aged woman runs out and dries up. Taking advantage of the confusion, Hideo also leaves the restaurant, and the two of them successfully escape. When the woman, Takako, finds out that Hideo has no money, she offers him 1 million yen if he does what she says. Takako seduces Hideo by taking him to her villa. Afterwards, Takako tearfully tells him that after her father's death, her husband took over the company, and seems to be cheating as much as he wants and doing dishonest things. Hideo is framed for a fake kidnapping planned by Takako...
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Misato, a schoolgirl, wanted to stop her friend Kaori from getting involved with a gang of delinquents who dealt in magic mushrooms and other illicit activities. Misato found herself on the verge of being raped by the gang in a mansion, but just then, Takezō appeared. Takezō proceeded to kill the gang members one by one.
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.
Kyoko and her friends hold pachinko lessons for amateurs. The Gintama Alliance, a group of pachinko pros, are not happy with them. One day, a man named Ozaki Kenzo, who claims to be a lawyer, appears at Kyoko and her friends' office.
Nozzle, Pepper, Cocky and Mistress are a troublemaking girl gang in Tsim Sha Tsui. Local rascal Prince falls for Nozzle and often helps the girls out of trouble, clashing with local punks. When Nozzle ignores him, he turns to Pepper. The punks frame Prince for drug trafficking, and the girls must team up to clear his name.
At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.
Hong Kong movie
A story of the unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave victims psychologically devastated.
A collection of three short stories about supernatural activities at the workplace.
Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.
A minimalist first film about the monotonous everyday life of a man and his schizophrenic mother
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Starring pop idol Bobby Duo (竇智孔) and emerging young actress Lin Jia-yu (林家宇), the film begins with Meibana (played by Duo), a 26-year-old Tao man, deciding to take a break from his stressful life in Taipei and return to Orchid Island. There he learns to appreciate his people's traditional way of life as he whiles away his time collecting the island's natural sounds with his recordist and mentor A-fei.
Sun Wei and Ding Xiaoqian are teachers near an abandoned old school building. They decide to venture into the old school with Guan Hui, who possesses a treasure map. Inside the school, each person encounters strange and ghostly occurrences. The next day, Sun Wei shockingly discovers that Ding Xiaoqian, Bai Li, and the others never actually went to the old school for the adventure. Sensing something amiss, Sun Wei decides to return to the old school with Lin Zhengying to uncover the truth...
This video appears to be a humorous stylistic reference to spy films. All the clichés – tension, eroticism, grave, cigarette-smoking men and atmospheric music – are present. The woman wears fishnet hose and a fur coat with her military uniform. This ambiguity of seduction and deceit is not only the earmark of espionage, but possibly also a metaphor for the present ambivalent situation in China.
Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
The characters from Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and Inuyasha all gather together in a short crossover to introduce the 50th Anniversary Weekly Shonen Sunday "Rumic World" Museum opening, celebrating Rumiko Takahashi's manga work.
This is the story of the people who come from all over to this kingdom of dreams in order to obtain anything: success, wealth, glory, and love.
Shu, a college student, secretly has a crush on Kei, who lives next door. One day, Kei's friend Maki suddenly shows up in front of him dressed as a bride. On their wedding day, she finds out that the groom has been cheating on her, and so she storms out of the ceremony...
A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
The plot is a continuation of the first installment. After Jundao enters the company where Akashi is located, the two secretly establish a romantic relationship, but the work is not smooth, which has brought a challenge to their relationship.
Arisa (16) is reunited with art student Masaki (20) after three years. She lives with her mother Saeko (39) and maid Aya (22). Masaki and Arisa are half-siblings, and his mother was a mistress. Saeko, who had taken care of him, commissioned him to paint a portrait. That night, he witnesses Saeko and Aya embracing passionately. Masaki struggles to make progress on the portrait, and Arisa gently comforts him. Saeko, displeased with the two of them, begins to provoke Masaki. Masaki recalls the humiliating days of the past when Saeko repeatedly assaulted him. Still unable to paint, Masaki confides his past to Arisa. Arisa then confesses that she herself had masturbated while watching Masaki being violated. Their suppressed love overflows, and the two embrace. Driven by desire, Saeko forces the submissive Aya to confront Masaki. He resisted but seeing Aya writhing in agony, he gradually lost control and began to desire her. While secretly watching, Arisa indulged in self-gratification.
Destruction and betrayal take center stage in the latest installment of the New Fist of the North Star series. When Kenshiro returns to find the city in ruins and its citizens tormented, his pain is compounded when he is betrayed and imprisoned by Tobi. As Tobi prepares a brutal assault on Seiji, Kenshiro must summon all of his strength to break free and take put a halt to his former friend's destructive scheme.
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.