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2nd May, Chawotsukuru

The scenes of the tea-making process, which he says he rarely films, are not only unusual as a record, but also have a rhythm that makes you feel as if you are working alongside the tea master, and you are drawn into the process. The film fully reflects the director's intention of "capturing the coolness of people working silently". The story is a simple one, but the care with which the scenes of tea picking, tea making and workrooms are filmed creates a refreshing atmosphere that is unique to this film. In particular, the theme and subject matter are fused together in a scene in which the "moment of sublimation", which occurs when the body is continuously focused on one thing and the mind is emptied, is superimposed on the scenery outside the window where the protagonist looks out.

2nd May, Chawotsukuru

NR 1998
I DON'T TALK MUCH

Miwa is fired from her part-time job, sentenced to stay in Japan, and dumped by her boyfriend. She sets off on a trip to the Sea of Japan to find the truth, but her souvenirs are rather dull, including a rather rude female friend. This time she takes her younger brother Harumi with her to her home town. Together with Sawada, a classmate of Harumi's and a close friend of Miwa's, the three of them spend a summer holiday that takes them back to their childhood. However, when Miwa takes a picture of the place where her house used to be, when she plays pranks at the swimming pool, or when she catches a cold and falls asleep, she thinks about her father who suddenly disappeared one day.

I DON'T TALK MUCH

NR 1999
Chisato Moritaka: Live Rock Alive

Chisato Moritaka's September 1992 live concert 1 {Concert-NO YORU}: [The night we went to the concert] 2 {RHYTHM-TO BASS}: [Rhythm and Bass] 3 Fight!! 4 {NATSU-NO UMI}: [Summer beach] 5 {WATASHI-GA OBASAN-NI NATTEMO} 6 {YOWASETEYO KONYA-DAKE}: [Please make me drunk tonight only] 7 THE BLUE BLUES 8 {WAKARIMASHITA}: [I see] 9 {MITSUKETA SAIFU}: [A purse we found] 10 ROCK ALIVE 11 {KUSAIMONO-NIWA FUTA-O SHIRO!!}: [Kick away a detest thing!] 12 {AME} [Rain] 13 {JUNANA-SAI}: [Seventeen] 14 {YACCHIMAINA} 15 GET SMILE 16 {AME-NOCHI HARE}: [Rain, later sunny] 17 Guitar 18 {KONOMACHI}: [Hometown] (HOME MIX) 19 {SEISHUN}: [Youth]

Chisato Moritaka: Live Rock Alive

NR 1993
Madonna's Lullaby

When Mizushima saw the name "Kashiwagi" listed as one of the organizers of the reunion, he was a little surprised. Kashiwagi was ignored by everyone because of his unusually short stature and ugly appearance. Who would have thought that such a man would be the initiator of the class reunion? When Mizushima returned home, he saw Kashiwagi, who had lost both legs and was awkwardly dragging his prosthetic legs, and his wife, Kano Takako, who was hailed as a Madonna in her student days and monopolized the attention of men.

Madonna's Lullaby

NR 1997
The Last Horse Betting Expert

A gambling film based on the original work by Kazuyuki Shimizu, depicting the cunning battle of wits between an illegal bookmaker and a betting expert. The major corporation Hinode Shoji has embarked on the top-secret operation of running the horse racing bookmaking firm ‘Hasshun Kogyo’. Date, a former bookmaker who serves as the firm’s mastermind, and Hideko, who manages the data, recruit detective Tetsuya Yaguchi to pose as the president of a front real estate company. Lured by the substantial reward, Yaguchi accepts the job, but before long he finds himself captivated by Date’s skill as a bookmaker…

The Last Horse Betting Expert

NR 1994
Nurse Discipline

Yumi, is a freelance nurse working a temporary contract to help a local doctor. Filled with hope, she visits the doctor, but what she sees there is the gruesome sight of the previous nurse, Kaori, drugged and abused by the doctor every night! "Could it be me next?!" Yumi hides in a hospital room late at night to catch the perpetrators in the act. But the one who appears is Mamoru, the man she abandoned years ago. "You said pretty things about becoming a nurse, but I'll show you just how slutty you are..." As the needle plunges into Yumi's arm as she desperately resists, the angel in white falls to the depths of a lustful beast..

Nurse Discipline

NR 1997
夏が終る

Job exams, you'll be fine. Uemura spends August of his senior year at university looking for a job with bleak prospects. At his lodgings, Tajima, a classmate from junior high school, comes to ask to stay with him for a while. In fact, Tajima has a history of assaults in his hometown and has come to Tokyo to do dangerous work. By chance, Uemura learns of Tajima's criminal record and is also concerned about the late-night phone calls he receives. However, there is nothing he can do, and Tajima himself has no way to turn back, and their summer ends with their mutual caring for each other. The story is told in a restrained manner, but the same locations and props, such as the basement of the building, the pottery club room and the curry and rice, are used to show the changes in the situation, and the film's storytelling sense shines through.

夏が終る

NR 1994
Let's Play Again Tomorrow

A boy has been aware of the presence of a girl beside him since he was a child. However, he does not know who she is. One day, a nuclear missile is accidentally launched at Japan. The children play innocently as if they have no idea of the fate that will happen in a few hours. Then the boy meets the girl again... The film tackles the heavy theme of nuclear fear, but instead of shouting hysterically against nuclear weapons as in previous works, it speaks poetically and dreamily. It is a requiem for children who have never known war to continue to be a generation that has never known war.

Let's Play Again Tomorrow

NR 1990
My Home Yakuza

The legendary yakuza ‘Oni no Tora Seiji’, who sent shockwaves through the underworld nationwide, is said to have a tattoo of a golden Chinese lion and peony on his back. Heitaro Bonno, the boss of the Ordinary Folks Gang, had managed to conceal the fact that he was a yakuza from his daughter, Niko, for 18 years. However, the unsuspecting Niko falls in love with Tsuyoshi, the second-generation head of the Arakai-gumi. Hiranoya panics, desperate to prevent their relationship from blossoming. But just then, the Himuro-gumi of the Kobe Sannō-kai launches an attack on his territory. As the conflict escalates, the Himuro-gumi finally kidnaps Niko! Enraged, Hiranoya’s hidden tattoo emerges on his back…!!

My Home Yakuza

NR 1993
Tsuyoshi shikkari shinasai: Tsuyoshi no taimu mashîn de shikkari shinasai

This is a theatrical adaptation of the manga of the same name serialized in Morning magazine by Nagamatsu Kiyoshi. This home comedy depicts the protagonist Igawa Tsuyoshi's high school and college years. Igawa Tsuyoshi is a third-year junior high school boy who is bullied by his two older sisters and his mother and is forced to do all the housework. For some reason, his eldest sister Keiko is harsh to Tsuyoshi every New Year's Eve. In order to escape disaster in 1993, Tsuyoshi goes out to play with his best friend Watanabe Tsukasa. However, he accidentally gets into a time machine travels back in time from December 31, 1993 to December 31, 1981. There, he meets Tsuyoshi, a kindergartener, and Keiko, who is bullying him.

Tsuyoshi shikkari shinasai: Tsuyoshi no taimu mashîn de shikkari shinasai

NR 1993
Table Talk

Inspired by British director Mike Leigh's 'Secrets and Lies', the film was shot using a script with "no dialogue, only scene breaks", believing that "just by seeing two people in a situation, you can understand the situation and the feelings of the characters, rather than trying to explain them in a bad way". The actors were given only the events and situations and asked to move freely in the rest of the film. The actors did not try to speak excessively but instead tried to convey the psychology of the moment by performing everyday actions such as eating, washing the bowl, cleaning and sleeping in a restrained tone, and they succeeded well. The fixed-point cameras in several locations inside the house also play a major role in carefully following the small changes that occur in real life.

Table Talk

NR 1998