Set in Tokyo, Shikoku, Korea, and Tibet, the film uses images of people, landscapes, and even the artist's own relationships as material. While questioning the nature of sexuality, the film traverses the boundaries between fiction and documentary. Various human patterns emerge like a "mandala" from the endless "everyday" captured by Oki's camera.
Set in Tokyo, Shikoku, Korea, and Tibet, the film uses images of people, landscapes, and even the artist's own relationships as material. While questioning the nature of sexuality, the film traverses the boundaries between fiction and documentary. Various human patterns emerge like a "mandala" from the endless "everyday" captured by Oki's camera.
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
Amateur photographer Makoto and the homely but endearing Shizuru meet during their university entrance ceremony and become instant friends. Shy by nature, Makoto finds himself opening up around Shizuru, who is secretly in love with him.
ชายหนุ่มคนหนึ่งถูกผลักดันเข้าสู่ชีวิตที่เต็มไปด้วยเล่ห์เหลี่ยม หลอกลวง และเข้าใจผิดในเรื่องตัวตน เพื่อตามหาหญิงสาวเจ้าเสน่ห์ที่หัวใจของเขาไม่เคยสามารถเข้าถึงได้
A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
ทาคุในวัยนักศึกษาหวนนึกถึงการมาเยือนของริคาโกะ เพื่อนร่วมรุ่นผู้ย้ายมาใหม่เมื่อสองปีก่อน และฤดูร้อนแห่งพรหมลิขิตที่เป็นบททดสอบมิตรภาพของเขากับเพื่อนอย่างยูทากะ
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.