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Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945).

30 years of the band, 30 years of Japanese rock. The story of passion toward the band and music.

During a drive with his fiancée Yuka, Tatsuya is attacked by a gang of bandits, and Yuka is taken away. Yuka, injected with a substance, has her abdomen split open, and numerous tentacles emerge, attacking the man. Something is born from Yuka and parasitically attaches to the man. At that moment, Tatsuya, who has finally arrived, rushes in to save Yuka...

Yuki, the hostess of a bar who has killed a gang member and is currently serving time in prison, makes a deal with the law to avoid retaliation. Meanwhile, Yuki is in danger after getting too close to the yakuza, when a wanderer who shared her husband's cell appears before her. Furthermore, three ghosts who haunt the bar also join them...

The second original video work following Miki Nakatani's "BROKEN HEART". As with the previous work, Ryuichi Sakamoto's music is directed by Atsuro Watabe. Shot in Paris and composed mainly of "AIR POCKET" and "CHELSEA GIRLS". In the previous work, the film was built with the PV image in mind, but this time, including her private scenes shot in Paris, Miki Nakatani's charm as an actress is fully revealed.

2004 release

When injured or ill, the sense of our own body's physical existence, of which we are not normally aware, enters our consciousness. Swollen lumps, dull pain, infection, fevers, bleeding, etc.; particularly intense are childhood memories concerning the body. Using a collage of blown up shots of skin and subtly wavering stop-motion, the creator of this work makes us conscious of the fact that "we are simply bags of flesh".

Sixth film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata.

A larger-than-life musical about revenge and love set in Spain.

This film is the second installment in a Shimane trilogy by director Yoshinari Nishikori, following White Ship. Tetsuro, a third-year high school student living in Unnan City, delivers milk produced at his father’s factory to his hospitalized mother every morning. As he approaches graduation, he finds himself troubled by his future path and his feelings for his classmate Takako. His friends Yuji and Kumiko try to help his romance succeed, but things don’t go as planned… Set in Unnan, a region dotted with sites tied to ancient mythology, the film portrays the everyday lives of the people who live there in a gentle human drama.

Japanese mystery film made in 2003.

This omnibus horror film has attracted a lot of attention for its ghost-like images that appear in places unrelated to the main plot. After you finish watching the drama, more horrifying images will attack you! Five bizarre tales that invite you into a world of terror.

Tetsuji Kurashige's nightmarish U-SA-GUI (2002) begins by citing a section from Brillat-Savarin's 1825 treatise, The Physiology of Taste, in which the renowned French epicure suggests that stimulating foods, meats in particular, can have an influence on one's dreams. The film depicts a macabre game played by two rabbits and a blindfolded woman. The rabbits face each other over an old-fashioned illustrated board game. When they land on a square, the woman must eat the food indicated in the illustration. If she has chosen correctly, a die pops out of her mouth and lands on the floor giving the rabbits their next move.

Commissioned by Yokohama National University, the film follows a man nearly twenty years after his graduation, who, facing a deadlock in his professional life, returns to his alma mater. Wandering slowly under the blooming cherry trees and through laboratories, classrooms, and the university library, he reflects on his past, present, and the meaning of the university in his life. The role is played by Ken Mitsuishi with cinematography by Masaki Tamura.

Arisa, a former lady and hostess, falls in love with Hakuryu, who saved her from a tight spot, and goes to him make an oath with the Kurosu clan. The serious war drama as well as her unprecedented words and actions are a must-see.

A stranger, a man and a woman, meet at a certain place. Despite the fact that they have never met before, they both begin to become aware of the other. Various erotic images of the woman flash through the man's mind.... And the woman lets the man free his mind....

A lonely exchange student meets and falls in passionate love with a dancer. A girl who falls into madness when she learns her lover is going home to make his life.

2004 release

3D IMAX movie, shown only at the Suntory Museum in Osaka.

A home video release of a two-day live concert played by Malice Mizer on August 31 & September 1, 2000 at the Nippon Budōkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan — the band’s first performances with lead vocalist Klaha. Malice Mizer performs their fourth studio album, "Bara no Seidou" in its entirety using the gothic cathedral from the album’s cover as an enormous set piece alongside pyrotechnics and a choir of veiled nuns.

Costa Rica is one of few countries in the world to abolish its military. This documentary focuses on education, children and a co-operative in the Monteverde nature reserve.

Takarazuka Revue 2003 Star Troupe production based on the MGM film Singin' in the Rain

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.

High school student, Ryoichi, hasn't gone to school since he injured a classmate. He kills time playing videogames alone everyday. One day, Uncle Kiyoshi comes to the house to recover after having tried to kill himself. During the daytime, only Ryoichi and Kiyoshi are in the house. Ryoichi can't stand his uncle’s eccentric behavior; however, he gradually starts to enjoy Kiyoshi's company. From their conversations, Ryoichi learns that perhaps there are second chances in life...

The first in a suspense series about high school girls caught up in a series of disappearances. Five curious good friends encounter unexplainable events as they investigate a case that is causing a stir in the world.

A festival star, Tomioka does not fail to deliver in his wild and unique take on the world. His multi-coloured animation talents take us on a whirlwind trip of old school trams with weird and wonderful characters

見殺し塔からずっと: Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter is the first DVD release by Japanese band Boris. It was captured on their Black Summer tour on July 12, 2003. The first ten tracks are songs from the show, which are mostly from the Akuma no Uta and Heavy Rocks albums. Tracks 11-14 are music videos made by the band by Foodunited and Fangs Anal Satan. A loose translation of the first bit of the title is, "From The Tower That Turns A Blind Eye To Death". (Wikipedia)

A young, passionate police officer, Kamiyoshi, who was ordered to be the "Banquet Manager" of the prefectural police, has his second bag, which contains receipts that are evidence of police corruption, stolen by a perverted woman, Lisa, on a crowded train. However, Lisa also has her prey stolen by a rival female pickpocket, Mari...

Junji Inagawa, a class S entertainer in the world of horror, visits the sites of reputed horror himself in this fifth installment of the horror documentary series.

LET'S MUSIC TOUR 2005 is Nakashima Mika's third concert performed at Tokyo International Forum Hall and Osaka Festival Hall Main Hall.

Musical adaptation of The Rose of Versailles, focusing on the Lady Oscar's service in the French Guard during the early days of the revolution, and the relationship between her and her childhood friend Andre.

Mitsuru Ando is a professional mahjong player who makes his living by betting on mahjong. The film depicts how he developed his special technique, the "Subspace Killing Technique," while battling with a number of skilled mahjong players.

Kazumi is a successful music composer in Tokyo. He receives a telephone call from his mother and is told about his former teacher's death. Getting on to a train to attend the funeral, Kazumi’s thoughts wonder back to his youth.

Kano, who has been appointed chairman of the Matsuura Rengo-kai, swears an oath of brotherhood with Kikuchi, a former member of the Kinosaki-gumi, but Kikuchi dies in Kano's place. This incident further intensifies the conflict between Kano and Sunagawa.

DVD accompanying Juri Ueno's photobook "ao akua" including a short film, documentary, and interviews.

When her classmate Ritsuko disappears, her friend Ryoko is desperate to find her. When she discovers that Ritsuko was playing a strange game online of hide and seek, she begins to wonder if it could be related to her disappearance somehow. Ryoko then discovers that the game is more sinister than it appeared at first. It is linked to demonology and the supernatural. Will she be able to get past her fears and superstitions to discover what secrets the game of hide and seek might hold?

The films of Oguchi Yoko are extremely personal. In addition, Oguchi herself has a special personality that makes her films very special. She is an outspoken masochist and experiments in life and work with her sexual proclivities. She can get surprised about what people think is normal in the field of love and could find little understanding for her own norms. That's why she made a film about it.

In 1985, during the "Yamasei Conflict" in Kitami City, Hokkaido, Kazuharu Hashizume (Jiro Okazaki), leader of the Hashizume group under the Kamo faction of the Seiwa-kai, was gunned down by a member of the Tsuzuki faction, part of the Iwai group under the Inahara-kai. Despite this, the Seiwa-kai, the parent organization of the Hashizume group, pushed for a truce with the Tsuzuki faction, which had ties to their current rivals, the Yamaga group, to prevent further escalation. Unwilling to accept this decision, Kohei Nagamine (Yasukaze Motomiya), the Hashizume group’s lieutenant, leads his men in a defiant act of "truce-breaking," prepared to make enemies of yakuza across Japan.

A short experimental animation from Tomoyasu Murata for Gallery MoMo

A group of businessmen working together to stop evil

This DVD covers all works from the original Street Fighter to Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future. The contents that explain each work include not only the full recording of the advertisement videos, but also a complete description of the system description and basic techniques of game, the techniques that were popular at the time, and the super fan material related to the series.

While the Tribes of Light and Shadow have peacefully reunited and are living together on the surface, life in Astral's household has not gotten any easier as Sharon, Nina and Mew still fiercely vie for his attention - only to have Delta beat them to it!

Rica, a woman who lost her memory is found by the lakeside. Staying with her discoverer Ataru, she wanders about the town seeking for clues to her past. While Rica gets back some framented memories, such as the experience as a hooker and her own pregnancy, Ataru, who secretly has a gender identity disorder, is roaming the town as well for the pursuit of his gender and sexuality. One day, Rica sees a vision of her memory in which she was almost killed by the lakeside and expects that the killer knows her past. These two drifters with a sense of loss undergo a gradual change...

Mikasa seems to be a sweet young man but he is also a very skilfull sniper working for the company called Rakuen (Paradise). One day, a Rakuen's solicitor brings an old woman Kahoru to their office. She comes to kill Ei, a rival in the love triangle in the past. As they explain how to kill her, she gets very excited and begins to insist she has to do it by herself, and asks them to train her. She is so insistent that finally Mikasa agrees to train her. Despite the expensive fee and hard training, Kahoru never gives up. Meanwhile, Takashi, a man who as been suspicious about the death of his sister, reaches to Rakuen and Mikasa...

Lily (Aya Fujimoto) and Kiki (Mai Nakajima) of "Love Doctor", a work that fills the lonely and sad hearts of men in the world who have fallen ill with love. Lily took pride in her work and gave all the men energy and brilliance. However, Lily also had a gap in her mind.

Rina Sakurai, a popular model of Koakuma Ageha, a hair and make-up magazine for gals, makes her actress debut. Abandoned by family and betrayed by her boyfriend, Haruka Ichinose comes to Tokyo with her pet turtle, Jimmy. With heaped up blonde hair, flashy fashion, beloved Jimmy, and no fixed address, she takes interviews. But she has no luck on job hunting and becomes a net cafe refugees. One day, she finds a flyer and she jumps into a cabaret. What kind of future is waiting for Haruka?

Gravure/idol film starring Akane Soma.

2009 release