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Kei has lost her beloved ‘Kaguya-hime’ truck, second only to her daughter in importance, taken as collateral for a debt. While searching for work in a port town, she meets and quickly bonds with Mai, a stripper. Meanwhile, the man infatuated with Mai is Kariya, a master of illegal abalone poaching.
Centered on the conflict between two contrasting sisters and their mother. The older sister, Yoko, is engrossed in a fleeting affair with a man she met through a dating app, while the younger sister, Kaori, has a happy marriage and a successful career. When their mother, Kiyoko, grows increasingly dissatisfied with their workaholic father, Kenji, and runs away from home, the relationships between the sisters, the family, and the couple begin to change drastically...
A promotional video shot in Australia introducing actresses Asumi and Hitomi Miwa.
A woman who can only live in her fantasy. Is the landscape she sees reality or delusion...?
Working for a textbook publisher, Seiji has lived in Tokyo since his mother moved them there after getting divorced during his childhood while his father remained in the countryside. To open up a new market in the Tohoku area, Seiji goes back to his hometown and meets his father for the first time in 30 years. They start living together with hard feelings and bitterness; however, an encounter with the neighborhood kids makes Seiji open his heart bit by bit, even to his old man. One day Seiji hears about the "Once around the Star Tour" at the elementary school where he is visiting on business. This brings the father and the son close together and draws them back to one memory...
Three curvaceous go-go dancers (Kei Mizutani, Nao Eguchi and Yukari Nunokawa) on a rampage, looking for a big bag of cash that might be hidden in the kitchen of wheelchair-bound gangster. Director Ryuichi Honda keeps it flush with 60s flavors, mood-indigo music, paisley-print fashions in dayglo colors, outrageous zooms and dizzying pans, and best of all, it looks like it was made on a budget of 10 dollars - and when the money ran out the film ended.
2003 release
The year 200X... A beautiful planet, the earth. Due to a difference of an overwhelming fighting power from outer space， various countries’ armed forces have been recklessly obedient to the foe. However, there is one mysterious standalone organization named ”ACTONRY”, and it intervenes into any international disputes and brings peace by force of arms
2009 release
Female Ninja v-cinema film.
The Second of two shorts featuring the continuing story of the Kappa from 'The Great Yokai War'.
Behind-the-scenes making-of for "Tony Takitani". The film "Tony Takitani" was shot in a vacant lot in Yokohama for about two weeks. The camera follows the interaction between director Ichikawa and the stars Issey Ogata and Rie Miyazawa, as well as the staff running around the set. It captures the process of the film being completed.
Second film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
Documentary about Wataru Takada who suddenly passed away in 2005.
Ever since bike messenger Junya lost his pro cyclist father in a traffic accident one year ago, he's spent his days in lethargy. While out on a delivery, he spots a man, Shintarou, considering jumping from the roof of a building. By chance, the two meet later on after an accident caused by Shintarou sends Junya to the hospital. From there starts the story of their ill-fated friendship.
The Kanto Ichienkai without Jin lost its cohesiveness and appeared to be a group of men. Sunagawa, who was concerned about the absence of a strong leader, recommends Jin to be the chairman of the Sumida River Union, a leading organization within the Ichienkai. At that time, a man in the sand group Shima comes over. Masaaki Sunagawa, a nephew of Sunagawa, a major executive in the black society of Shikoku. Masaaki offers to liven up Sunagawa at Shima in the Kanto region ?!
Matobu Sei's first dinner show held in 2005.
The Making of Strange Circus
Recorded at ZAPP TOKYO on July 19, 2003, this concert sees composer Motoi Sakuraba perform his incredible music from various Star Ocean games live with his live band, as well as some surprises from other video games.
Filmed live at Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan on November 22, 2003
Every drift fans knows that despite the growing popularity of drift-racing, the heart of the ride will always be the Touge (mountain pass), and in this release Nomuken leads the JDM Option team through the very origins of Japanese drifting. As an added bonus, the JDM Option crew also shares a mysterious video sent in by an unidentified street racer who rockets along the Tomei Expressway at speeds in excess of 300km/h.
A young Japanese boy is on a quest to discover the perfect bowl of ramen to feed to his dying grandfather. Short film featured on the R2 DVD of Battlefield Baseball.
The Yanagawa-gumi challenges violent organizations one after another until a formidable man rises to block their path. This third installment depicts their story from their repeated rapid advances across the length and breadth of Japan to the eventual wave of intensified police crackdowns that leads to their disbandment.
A few years ago, when Tomomi (Hiroko Akune) was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko (Misaki Mori) about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her past, sells her body in Tokyo. One day, Keiko is contacted by Tomomi. They haven't spoken since their high school graduation. They meet and Keiko lets Tomomi stay at her apartment. Soon, the bizarre lives of the two women begins, with Tomomi also selling her body.
Solely in black and white watercolors, the OVA follows a woman who awakes in a deserted town with no memories and no clothing. The story continues to show how she regains these memories of who she was and her mission in the town with the help of a voice that speaks directly to her thoughts via her earring. Her name is Agarta, the Devourer of Dragons, and her mission is to destroy the dragons that plague the consciousness of humans in return for her own long past memories.
We depicting the never ending cycle of construction and demolition in the human consumption. It was exhibited at re-constructed disaster area in Kobe.
A documentary film taking up the long-living giant Baobab trees as its theme. It is shot by photographer Motohashi Seiichi, known as the director of Alexei and the Spring (Alexei to Izumi) and others. Set in Senegal in West Africa, where modernization in urban areas is advancing and the Baobab trees, which used to be worshipped, are now being logged, the work closely depicts life in the humble village of Touba Toul, where people continue to lead a traditional lifestyle. It is a brilliant film subtly featuring the coexistence of mankind and nature through the modest life of Modou, a 12-year old boy who is the second son of a big family.
Outlines of people turn as the people themselves walk into a light space. Everything is connected to each other. Material is transformed as spaces slide into other spaces and people become dust
The short describes a day in the life of Slowking, from wake up to sleep.
A nasty new e-mail is making the rounds. It's not just a virus: open this message and you've got 10 days left to live! How does this all connect to a girl who committed suicide 10 years ago, and is there any way to break the deadly e-mail chain? The latest recipients of the lethal love note have 10 days to unravel the answer before their time is up!
Hoichi the Earless must face an assortment of historical warriors.
To earn money for her daughter’s education, Kei throws herself into her regular delivery runs. When she learns that the driver who did this job before her was Yuta, an old gang buddy, she decides to pay him a visit. Misaki, jealous of their reunion, challenges Kei to a showdown on the road. Before long, the two find themselves caught up in a major incident…
Junji Inagawa, Japan's most famous horror storyteller, presents this hair-raising omnibus horror film. Saori, who has started living alone for the first time in her life, comes home one day feeling tipsy and falls asleep at the kotatsu... Includes the first episode "Yuki-chan" starring Mayumi Ono and three other episodes.
This is the second installment of the 2005 edition of the annual "Junji Inagawa's Super Scary Stories" series, "Legend of Ghost Stories. Late at night one day. A cab driver is taking a nap when a man comes to him. The man asks him if he can borrow his cell phone. Total of 7 episodes will be included.
This films highlights some of Japanese most infamous urban legends that have been passed down generation by generation. Some of the urban legends included are Hana Ichi Monme and the first part of 'Inunaki Village').
Hitoshi and Yoshiro were called by Sunagawa and were referred to a man. Hamura is the second man in the Daido group. Hamura and Hitoshi used to have a nostalgic relationship with each other. A gunshot suddenly hits the two who bloom in the old story! Hamura suddenly pulls out his pistol and protects him, and is shot and injured. Jin, who vows revenge, searches for the man who attacked them. Eventually, the identity of the man was known. It was a man named Yoshikawa who was excommunicated by the road group. Hitoshi chases Yoshikawa, but Yoshiro has some suspicions.
Returning to Barcelona from schooling abroad in Italy, the young Francisco meets the beautiful young girl Rosalia at a ball and falls in love with her, but the two part without being able to exchange a word. One day, Francisco learns that his friend Raphael is back in town as well. The two go out to a taproom, and there Francisco asks Raphael's younger sister Monica to dance. Monica's lover gets jealous and starts a fight, and is killed. Francisco is now a criminal. He is captured, and then he meets Rosalia once more in the prison. She has planned a jailbreak with Francisco's aunt....
Pink film directed by Kunihiko Matsuoka.
Urashima works at a women's underwear manufacturer in a department where all the employees are female, including the department head Kaoru, also known as Otohime-sama. One day, he is ordered by Sayori, a frustrated lingerie shop owner, to get a contract. Sayori seduces Urashima, but he is unable to get it done at the most crucial moment, which angers her. That night, Urashima picks up a turtle near the garbage dump. He goes back home and falls asleep, and dreams of a sexual feast with Kaoru and the other female employees.
Set in the year 2088, it depicts a dark future in which humans have been transformed into the "Guilstein," creatures with no human souls in them... Based on a manga by Tamaki Hisao.
One day, Sayuri's family tells her it is time for her to strike.
A new life was born into the Kazuki family. How did the baby change the family's life and what are Mai's feelings about him. At the end of an eventful day for the siblings and Shou, another concert is waiting for Emi.
Pink film directed by Tatsurô Kashihara.
Based on the bestselling memoir - Yakuza Moon - by Shoko Tendo. The author stars as herself in the film adaptation of her tumultuous life as the daughter of a Yakuza boss, chronicling her many battles with drug addiction and domestic abuse. Directed by Hiroyuki Tsuji.
The year is 2053. Space exploration has because privitized, but with increased exploration comes higher accident rates. Therefore, the world's insurance agencies banded together to form CR or Cosmic Rescue. It is the job of CR to save victims of interstallar accidents & clear away the dangerous debris flying parts left over from previous crashes, that threaten other space vehicles. Nanjou Satoshi is captain of CR Shift Division 89. With Eguchi Ryo, his trusty mechanic & Sawada Azuma, the hot-headed rookie, they spend their days doing the rather menial work of clearing debris. But then one day, Azuma intercepts an emergency beacon from a young girl. The crew of #89 rushes to the scene, the ship disappears from their radar & they soon find themselves let go from CR. But what happened to the ship & the young girl? Was it all Azuma's imagination? Did the ship disappear? Or did someone hide it? The answers may cost them more than just their jobs.
A theatrical short following the TV mini-series of the same name, shown following the double feature Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World and Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!. Two versions were shown in theaters, with both featuring a reveal of the then upcoming Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown and both being available in later home releases. The first is a regular Burning Red ver. (まっかっかVer., Makkakka Vājon), played in most theaters, the other is a Terminal Yellow ver. (まっきっきVer., Makkikki Vājon), with the mention that the said movie will come to these very theaters.
This horror documentary film examines the current state of the forbidden game "Kokkuri-san," which became a social phenomenon during the occult boom of the 1970s.
A lonely accountant adjusting to big city life, a struggling manga artist forced to conclude her series and a millennial convenience store clerk without direction; three women decades apart all bound by one inescapable fate.
A widower who’s daughter has been murdered at high school meets the mother of the murderer by coincidence after moving to a small town in Hokkaido.
2003 release
#42 in the series, following "Dark Judgment"
On of the southernmost islands of Japan, there's a dance school 'Orion Dancers Academy'. Hiding its public identity as a training school of singers and dancers, it actually operates as a girl-warrior training school, in order to win independence of the island. The secretly trained agents watch the music video of charismatic idol Cocoe on a huge TV monitor, and unlock codes from her dancing to complete their missions. However, the dark shadow of a rival organization slowly sneaks up on the girls and the training school on the island.