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Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).

The first of a 2-part sequel to the 2006 TV Series Ultraman Mebius. After the death of Alien Empera, the sentient being known as Armored Darkness is activated to carry out the Emperor's Plan B. To make its presence known, Armored Darkness revives the monsters Saramandora, Roberuga, Mukadender, and Cherubim.

Former police detective Wakisaka begins investigating Haruka, the hostess of a high-end club in Ginza. However, danger approaches Wakisaka as he tries to uncover Haruka's hidden past.

A young man and woman enter an empty house where they plan to live for their newlyweds. The woman is not happy with the old and gloomy house and complains nonstop. The man ignores the woman's complaints and silently explores her house. There is a woman in front of him who is trying to complete the present with pieces of the past. The house without her family is like ruins. It is a work that projects the empty efforts of modern people to restore the meaning of a broken family into a terrifying fantasy.

On the day three planets Neptune, Uranus and Saturn align in a straight line, when the time is in the zodiacal period of Capricorn, a strange phenomenon occurs over the skies of Earth. A torrential downpour of meteorites cascades into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Doremi, her friends, and her family are visiting Doremi's Grandparents. Aiko fears Doremi's grandfather due to accident when she was young. The group learn of the legend of the Frog Stone and a story of a couple. The witch apprentices, minus Pop, go in search of the stone.

The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope with the death of his son and somehow find a way to benefit spiritually from the experience.

"Sandy Ding's WATER SPELL is a bold, abstract journey that takes us into the psychic interior of our very cellular structure... and back. For me, this film is about reincarnation and transformation, on both the spiritual and sub-atomic levels. This is not an easy film, but it is a powerful one."

--Nina Menkes

Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic past...

A three-part anthology drama, Suki presents love in three eras through the eyes of actress Rena Tanaka: a factory worker sheltering a fugitive gangster in 1958 Yokohama, a teacher falling for her student's father in 1981 Enoshima, and a listless student drawn to an injured boxer in 2000 Tokyo.

Avata Star Sue is a series of internet games from IBravo that inspired an animated series released in South Korea in 2005-2010.

Hong Kong movie

A film by Sandy Ding.

A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political and cultural lacunae that have separated China and Hong Kong for so long.

Hong Kong movie

Lee Jin Il is dropped from South Korea's curling team. Kimura Izumi is an unsuccessful actress. These two meet through a series of events, and with the help of their friends, form a curling team and aim for the Olympics.

Flighty young nurse Izumi Asakura longs to have her honeymoon in a far off tropical paradise but her doctor husband feels that he cannot afford to take time off from developing his career. To Izumi's dismay, Wakabakai General Hospital is fast becoming a far less pleasant place to work, thanks to the appointment of a militaristic chief nurse who demands steadfast adherence to protocol. Things get much worse, however, via the arrival of Saruwatari, a hypochondriac desperate to be re-admitted so that he can enjoy the attentions of nurse Shoko Ozaki. When the chief nurse has him ejected by security, Saruwatari comes back armed and takes everyone on the floor hostage. Shoko happened to be on her lunch break at the time and has trouble getting back into the building when the police swarm around it en masse. The authorities are not sure just how to deal with the situation, though, since the "victims" seem to be taking things far less seriously than they are.

Dumped for not knowing how to swim, Little Fish sets out to learn swimming with help from some friends.

A lesbian deals with her former girlfriend and a divorced mother who wants her to meet men.

Maggie is having a bit of a relationship crisis after her boyfriend Andy returns to Hong Kong from a trip to Thailand. She spied Andy with new girl Sharon at the airport and he seems to have lost all sexual interest in her. Maggie's old habit of sleepwalking returns after ten years, just as Chiang - Andy's boss - is murdered. When she wakes up on another night with a kitchen knife in her hands, she begins to worry that she could be involved in some way. And then the sister of Sharon is also murdered

A documentary included with Jolin Tsai's 2006 compilation album J-Top. Includes behind the scenes footage of music videos, performance recordings, and various other content such as dance practice recordings.

In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.

Version of Botan Dōrō.

TMG LIVE TOUR "Dodge The Bullet" was a live tour held by TMG (Tak Matsumoto Group) in 2004. The tour ran from July 3, 2004 to September 7, 2004. The band played a sixteen-song set, including all songs from TMG I apart from "My Alibi". Additionally, the band performed a full-band acoustic rendition of Mr. Big's "To Be With You" and a cover of Night Ranger's "(You Can Still) Rock in America". One month prior to the tour proper, the band appeared as one of the featured acts at annual Japanese music festival SUMMER SONIC 04 to play a truncated setlist of ten songs. The tour finale was filmed and released on DVD and VHS.

A morgue assistant witnesses gut-wrenching autopsies and mutilated corpses on a daily basis. But strangest of all is the behaviour of his oddball colleagues. In another part of town, a professional killer views his job with grave misgiving. This tormented soul begins to act in an increasingly erratic manner much to the consternation of his triad bosses. The third character is a cook who works in a prison. His job is to cook for inmates on death row, and to record their dying wishes. This unholy trio finds out in different ways that the most beautiful moments of life are often those closest to death.

Satomi is a research student who travels to northern Japan seeking reported olden Christian relics. On the island of Hokkaido and in a village, odd deeds are occurring. As such, she bands together with another researcher and locals to uncover the truth and understand the infernal happenings of which there are many.

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

The sixth film in the 'Drift' series.

Il-do was a promising Seoul police detective, but is now forced to work as a traffic cop in his hometown. There he meets his old love rival and ex-best friend Ho-cheol. He is now a taxi driver, adding renewed fire to their conflict.

The events that precede and follow, for each of those present in turn, when a young woman is asked for verification of her identity one time too many, in this case when presenting a check at a convenience store. Despite the repetition of the central scene the personal stories and consequences are interestingly varied and unpredictable. The problem for the central character is that her country allows her no usable identity following her change of sex. This was true for the lead actress, South Korea's most famed woman of transsexual history, Ha Ri-su, but that is about as far as the plot bears any resemblance to her actual life. Since the film was released the actress became, by a landmark court case, the first in her country to to be allowed proper recognition and papers. There are of course many other countries which still impose the same difficulties on similar young women.

Francis Ng is Jordan, a low level triad who finds himself strangely attracted to divorced restaurant hostess Juliet, who’s had a mastectomy and has since retreated into a shell. Through coincidence, the two form a makeshift family with the child of a triad boss who’s after Jordan for some dough.

"Mayi, the protagonist in this strikingly stylised debut ... works as a removals man for a company belonging to a relative. In his spare time, he drinks and plays cards with his colleagues. At a certain point he sees an opportunity to find his way into the immediate vicinity of the beautiful Hudie and his obsession won't stop when it becomes clear that she receives a lot of male visitors. His desires and ambitions put him on the path of minor white lies, with dramatic consequences." - IFFR

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin, and stays with his aunt, Setsuko, in Kamakura near Tokyo. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's novel of the same name received the 21st Japanese Cinema Reconstruction and Promotion Award and the 46th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor.

A sensual drama about love and hate, telling the story of the forbidden love between a female editor and a popular writer. Editor Misa lives with struggling author Jun while having a one-time affair with popular author Koji, but Koji's wife, Akiko, is injured in an accident. Troubled by her relationship with the distraught Jun, Misa clings to Koji's love, but is struck by unexpected misfortune.

911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police Station rush to the scene!! The caller is eventually identified as Megumi, a woman whom Detective Ushio's wife Sumie had met by chance, but Megumi too has been killed...

Kaoru has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), and is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. She busks every night in front of a station playing guitar. Outside her bedroom window, she spots a high school boy with a surfboard. She watches him and his friends visit the ocean every morning, before going to sleep. One day, she introduces herself to him without letting him know about her illness. He is Kji Fujishiro (Takashi Tsukamoto) When her cousin drags her home, they sit by her window while they watch Kji meet his friends. Kaoru explains everything, and her cousin notes that she probably goes to the same school as him, and offers to spy on him for her.

Rika is a genius "pachinker" on the road to university. Her and her friend Riona are known as the "Undefeated Queens." They always win big at pachinko, but Rika's boyfriend Tohru hates gambling!

When an alien force attacks Earth, a giant sword falls onto the campus of Paradise Elementary School, transforming it into a flying vessel. The fate of the planet lies with one group of kids who must pilot powerful mecha to stop the invaders before it's too late!

Cheuk looks for a job at a bar run by a girl named Beauty. In the middle of his interview, he foils what he believes is a crime being committed. In return, he gets the job. Meanwhile, desperate for money to return home to Hong Kong, a gangster named Hai and his girlfriend, Su, also begin working for Beauty. Both Cheuk and Hai become attracted to Beauty, which makes Su very jealous. Beauty finds and cares for a baby that was abandoned at their bar and conceals a dark secret.

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians and rival gangs seek to end their power in the city. Yuda is soon got arrested and his dedicated son tries his best to save not just the family business, but his father's reputation.

Two brothers from a dysfunctional family chase their respective dreams while engaging in other bizarre antics. One brother dreams of becoming a manga artist and the other wants to be a professional baseball player.

"You will die six hours later." Keishi, a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio, who is walking along the streets of Shibuya. At first, Mio scoffs at it as nonsense but ever since her acquaintance was murdered a few days ago, she realises that she has also become a victim of a stalker. Half believing it, she decides to hang around with Keishi. Later, with the help of Sawaki, a detective she knows, the stalker is identified. She thinks the case is closed but a totally unexpected person attacks her...

Kumiko Manguchi, a hot-blooded teacher in a red jersey miniskirt, is assigned to the private Hami Kin Gakuen, where the students who have fallen out gather

Nana, who wanted to create a fashion magazine with her boyfriend Hideo, is shocked to be assigned to the pachinko and pachislot magazine editorial department. As she works alongside Joji, a former professional slot player, she gradually becomes drawn to the appeal of slot machines...

Chinese film directed by Jin Chen.

A boss and his employees take an excursion to Cheung Chou, an island off the coast of Hong Kong. There, the boss meets and courts a young woman, and is completely oblivious of her past. Meanwhile, while the employees try to enjoy their weekend adventure without their employer, they encounter abnormal events and the young woman may be a link to them.

Nonoue Junichi is a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to send a letter to a loved one.

Nippon TV's NEWS ZERO program produced an hour long documentary on the making of Ponyo, known in Japan by it's full title "Ponyo on the Cliff." A rare look behind the scenes of Studio Ghibli.

Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the guests show up.

The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia. Some months later after they have returned, Nicholai and Yukiko meet again while he is auditioning for the Tokyo orchestra where seeds of romance begin. Yukiko's father, however, is diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer. Yukiko returns home to be with him in his final months as he decides not to go through therapy and let the disease run its course. Coming into contact with a childhood friend while at home Yukiko is left to choose between her old friend and Nicholai, all while having to face the emotional struggle of dealing with her father's impending death.

In an unknown place and unknown time, a lone Samurai known only as Grave thirsts for the ultimate battle.