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2004 release

Rinko is currently a model and her dream is to be a successful actress. Her affair with a comedian becomes the subject of local gossip which having a disastrous result for her reputation. Due to this reason, her boss asks her to get a role in the play by offering sex. She refuses to do so and hides from the public. She can’t go home because there are guards from her agency. She seeks help from his neighbor Kinichiro unbeknownst that he is actually a faithful fan of her. He supports her secretly such as writing on her blog. She has no idea about it. And their unbalanced life living together starts now…

A car carrying a wealthy man and his second wife, Kumako (Yo Kimiko), falls into the sea, and only Kumako survives. At first, it is thought to be just an accident, but the absence of brake marks makes Kumako a strong suspect... Meanwhile, newspaper reporter Akitani Shigekazu (Sato Koichi) gets caught up in an unexpected situation after breaking the news about Toyosaki Katsuo (Emori Toru), a man who knows Kumako's past...

Short animated film by Tomoyasu Murata.

Short animation from Takeshi Koike for SMAnime

48x61 is a short movie made by the famous director Rintaro (Astro Boy, Metropolis, ...) for the Japanese manga artist and director Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Mushishi, ...). It was produced by Studio Madhouse. This movie was made when Rintaro was 61 years old and Katsuhiro 48 years old. Hence the title. Main characters in this movie are Rintarou and Katsuhiro. The story is about a bicycle race between the two them.

When the clock's hand turns into a knife, parent-child bonds are torn!

Straight to video horror/comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki

Wakako, despite her amnesia, was taken in by the wealthy Teraoka and became his wife. However, the happy days began to be gradually overshadowed by the appearance of art dealer Tomita, who frequented the Teraoka household...

Tatsusaburo Sunagawa, the assistant underboss of the Morita Family, ousts Yukichi Matsuura, Matsuura Family head, from his position as underboss of the main Morita Family and took his position. This was due to the incident in which Kenji Kano, the underboss of the Matsuura Family, beat to death the civilian Takatsu. At the same time, Sunagawa restarts the "Commercial Mutual Aid Association," which had stalled due to Matsuura's opposition, and intensifies efforts to recruit members. In response, Tojo, the deputy leader of the Domoto-gumi, who is Kano's sworn brother, becomes furious when he learns of the methods Sunagawa and others are using to force members into their association plans.

An unprecedented scandal of human experimentation by a well-known company is uncovered. The cool and intelligent yakuza Hakuryu confronts the big company and faces the bullets that aim at him, which makes his hands sweat. Tatsuya Shirakawa, a young head of the Kurosu clan, receives some information from a new gang member, Toshio Hatakeda. It is a startling revelation that a well-known pharmaceutical company, Sekai Pharmaceutical, is forcing its employees to take a dangerous new drug. The reality is that the company is actually conducting experiments on human subjects, and Shiryukawa is once again forced to take action.

Takarazuka Revue's stage play based on the life of Shirasu Jirou.

A businessman in pursuit of his missing colleague is lured into a forbidden world.

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).

A2 is a continuation of director Tatsuya Mori's film A (1998), an incredible view inside the compound of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult after its leaders carried out the deadly sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in 1995. Most followers had no idea that the attacks were being planned, or even that their new religion had violent aspirations. After the attacks, these followers were left to rebuild the religion where they had once found peace in the face of overwhelming, and understandable, condemnation from the rest of Japan. Central focus is placed on Hiroshi Araki, a young man who finds himself elevated to chief spokesman for Aum after its leaders are arrested. Araki faces extreme hostility from the Japanese public, who find it hard to believe that most followers of the cult had no idea of the attacks and even harder to understand why these followers remain devoted to the religion, if not the violence.

Misaki is a highschool teacher who witnesses the rape of a cleaner in the school bathroom. Afterwards, she goes to the home of Takuya, a student who hasn't been attending school recently, where she is drugged by Takuya's lesbian mother.

The thirteenth 'Road to the Don' film.

A boy dies after sneaking into an abandoned house. After that high schoolers start dying suddenly and students receive fortune telling emails. One girl, Yuri, is able to read fortunes with 100% accuracy.

At first glance, a normal junior high school student, Momoko Hanayama. However, in reality, her true identity is the Fairy Fruit Pretty Beach, which fights to protect us from invaders coming from another dimension. pinch! Now is the time to change and fairy up !!

A re-edited version of an adult tokusatsu video with all the sex taken out.

Ginjiro finds that it has become impossible to collect debts when even his regular clients have been conned out of their savings. He discovers that Sugiura gang underboss Domoto is behind these schemes. Domoto wants to take over the gang and tries to ruin Yukino, the real boss’s widow and the gang’s acting head, by sabotaging a resort hotel project with the help of a thug named Kawatani. Ginjiro, who has lent money for the project, is furious when he learns about Domoto’s schemes and goes into action.

Yuto Kawasagi works at a bookstore. She also lives as Hideko Katsuki, newly wed to renowned author Dai Katsuki. She is also Charon, a high-class prostitute working for her lover, gangster Michio Jigen. When Dai discovers her secret life, she disappears, and both Michio and Dai set out to find her.

A man, living in a humble apartment with his young wife, accidentally pushes her and kills her. The guy is panic-stricken, and first he tries to hide the body, putting it in the trunk of his car, then he realizes she's "some way" alive (a "living dead" form of life), and she even helps him to kill a cop... or is it just his sick imagination?

A tokusatsu made for TV prequel movie to the 2007 anime series The Skull Man.

He is neither a yakuza nor a katagi, but he has a wide network of contacts in both "Shinjuku Gu Regiment" Minamikata. He had no interest in money or honor and spent all his time with his younger brothers, Ashiya and Tachibana, in the daily consultation and handling of disputes. This time, he is the acting director of Hakuseikai and the coordinator of the bid-rigging related to the redevelopment of Roppongi requested by Hanakuma, Hanakuma's former younger brother. .... The director Takahashi Gen, who is the center of attention in the industry, has made a film based on the bestselling author Miyazaki Manabu with a gorgeous cast, and it is a big story of violence!

Pink film directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi.

In 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II, the conservative Japanese government is pressing ahead with plans to revise the nation's constitution and jettison its no-war clause, Article 9. This documentary places the ongoing debate over the constitution in an international context:

Detective Sakurai is pursuing Onishi, a serial killer who uses false names to frame women one after another. However, a sting operation goes wrong and she loses her best friend, detective Hiroko. Ran vows to avenge Hiroko, who was about to get married.

Maiko is a housewife who does not satisfied with the sex life with her old husband, Shusaku. One day Maiko’s student Kaito and his wife, Ayano, move to her neighbor. While Maiko teaches her new neighbor Kaito cooking, they both discover their mates unsatisfactory. Kaito’s wife Ayana wants to know some wise old man through mating website. She found Mr Dolittle and set up to meet him. When she saw her neighbor Shusaku at the meeting site, she left. She contacted Mr Dolittle that night and set up to meet him again.

In the Daoxiu Town located in Osaka, there lived such an independent woman. Her name is Harukin Akiya (played by Naoya Nagazawa). At the age of 9, she went blind due to illness and then began learning silk and bamboo. The skill of Chunqin is superb. Although it is taught in a school, it scared away many disciples due to its stubborn and stubborn temper. The only person who never gives up on Chunqin is her servant Sasuke (played by Saito Gong), who has been guiding her since childhood. Sasuke regards the sacred Harukin as if it were Guanyin. Occasionally, he follows Harukin to learn the Sanwei line and takes care of everything for his master with all his heart. At that time, the playboy Ritaro (played by Matsuda Goji) pursued Harukin but was rejected and humiliated. Chunqin's unconventional behavior has led to a tragedy in his life and tightly intertwined the fate of him and Sasuke

2004 release

Pink film directed by Satoshi Shimomoto.

When his internet business fails and leaves him in heavy debt, Ryota takes a position on a tuna fishing boat set to sail on New Year's Day 2000. In the meantime, he lives indifferently.

Aya Hirai was a unsuccessful news reporter. One day someone took a snapshot of her kissing the director. She was then blackmailed by someone but her career changed dramatically after that… 2 years later, Aya replayed Yuko Fujisaki’s position as the main anchor. Yuko would by al means take back whatever belonged to her. Yuko could not lose her position as the main anchor because her boyfriend was killed by a gun shot in Palestine 6 years ago. She was then…

Dan, an animator, is fascinated by "Mei" who works at a maid café on the outskirts of Akihabara, but he is unable to confess his feelings or even nominate her. Even so, as they gradually become friends, an obstacle stands in their way: ....... A pure love story starring maids in service.

Akane, an office worker, has a fight with her boyfriend. On the train home, she is groped. It turns out to be her ex-boyfriend, Wataru. Their breakup was messy. Since that day, Akane can't stop thinking about Wataru...

The "Ahirugaoka Serial Violence Cases Joint Investigation Headquarters" has begun a sting operation to arrest the culprit. Sayaka Asamiya, a female police officer, changes into her tight miniskirt and walks around town. Perverts appear one after another, targeting her. Who is the real culprit?

Short film by Kazushi Ozawa.

The second 'Unification of Shura' film.

Sanae is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother and six-year-old sister. She has not recently been able to be open with her fisherman grandfather. Sanae is awoken by the sound of hard rain one night. As she dozes, the rain changes into the flow of the river and she finds herself lying in a fishing boat when she opens her eyes. She hears, from far away, the strains of a harmonica which her grandpa loves... Next morning Sanae is informed that her grandfather has passed away. Frictions are revealed between Sanae and those around her. In her confused state, she runs out of the house leaving for the river where her grandpa's boat is moored...

Chiaki is a cute girl adopted by Souichi. She works with her father in his bar and becomes the attraction of the bar. Souichi loves Chiaki not as an adopted daughter but a woman with his passion suppressed. One day he asks her to leave the bar to work outside…. Yoshie comes to the bar to fill the vacancy. She looks exactly the same as Souichi’s dead wife. Souichi treats her as his wife’s substitute to release his passion.

Released as part of a Neo Action double bill with Tsujimoto Takanori's Hard Revenge, Milly, Kaneko Isao's The Masked Girl follows the giddy action adventures of a high school superheroine called upon to battle supreme evil. On the way home from school one day, high school girl Hoshino Ai (Shimizu Yuki) gets kidnapped by an evil crime organization called Joker, led by devil incarnate Black Maria (Sato Aiko). Ai manages to escape with the help of teacher Aoyama (Kida Tsuyoshi), but realizes she's gained superhero powers after being genetically modified by Joker. She reveals her problems to friend Yumi (Nakamura Shizuka), only to discover that Yumi also been genetically modified and brainwashed to serve Joker. Friends become foes as Ai is forced to fight Yumi, but that's only the beginning of the battle. To take down Black Maria and Joker, Ai must trade in her sailor skirt for superheroine threads, and become The Masked Girl!

The birth of a horror heroine to rival Sadako and Tomie. Speak, speak, and speak more and more. Rumors and fears cannot be stopped.

Hiroe, a schoolgirl, accidentally kills Takezō Murata, a man she had been seeing in exchange for money. Together with four friends, Hiroe disposes of Takezō’s body, but he comes back to life.

TV special which follows Hakusen Nagashi - Tabidachi no Shi (2001) and precedes Hakusen Nagashi - Yume Miru Goro wo Sugitemo (2005)

This is the fifth volume of a serial horror drama series of complete episodes produced based on actual stories and accidents.

2000 release

ayumi Hamasaki asia Tour 2008 A ~10th Anniversary~ was a concert tour of Asia held by Ayumi Hamasaki to celebrate her tenth anniversary as a performer under Avex Trax. The tour had stops across Japan as well as in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei. This was also the first time the whole performance was filmed.

A thug and a couple are tortured by the psycho next door.

2009 release