Tokuko Watanabe

Drama sobre los efectos de la segunda guerra mundial. La acción comienza en 1944, cuando el soldado Sadazo Morikawa recibe una emocionante postal de su esposa Tomoko, justo en la noche antes de partir al frente en Filipinas. Para evitar la censura militar, y temiendo que no fuera a sobrevivir al combate, Morikawa le pide a otro soldado que vuelve a Tokyo, Keita Matsuyama, que le entregue a su esposa en mano la postal con la respuesta.

Biopic sobre Taiji Tonoyama, actor japonés que interpretó más de 250 personajes a lo largo de su carrera, muchos de ellos en películas dirigidas por el propio Kaneto Shindo. Tonoyama empezó su carrera como actor en los años 50, siendo su primer papel protagonista dentro de una de las películas más aclamadas de Kaneto Shindo, "La Isla Desnuda", rodada íntegramente sin diálogos. Pero más allá de sus películas, el actor era más conocido por su vida privada; se le acusaba de mujeriego y alcohólico.

La historia de abandonar a la gente anciana en las montañas se ha preservado en la prefectura de Nagano, en el centro de Japón. Pero un gran número de leyendas similares pueden encontrarse, a modo de cuentos locales, aquí y allá, así como poemas escritos sobre este tema hace cientos de años. ¿Cómo se adapta este concepto a un mundo contemporaneo? En esta sociedad civilizada es imposible llevarse a los ancianos a la montaña. Y si alguien lo intenta, sería considerado un homicidio. La película muestra cómo se afronta este elemento social en la actualidad, comparado con la antigüedad.

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Roman Porno from 1983. The daughter of divorced parents lives with her mother in Tokyo. On the weekends, she takes the train to her hometown of Koga, in Ibaraki Prefecture, to visit her father and old friends. Inspired by the unresolved Shinjuku Kabukicho Disco Nampa Murder Case that occurred in early June, 1982.

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A sex-comedy starring rock star Michiko Komori.

Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.

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Two young women, Keiko and Kaori, challenge a large organization called the Sukeban Mafia that is involved in drug dealing and prostitution...

A pinku eiga set around high school girls. After the opening requisite showdown between female leader onichan and one of the toughs from the local gang we witness one of the more brutal punishments youll see in anything pink. The sukeban mafia, the name the girl gang has chosen, not proper yakuza, invite Onichan and Miki to join them. First stop, working their prostitution ring, Miki is captivated by the power of the gang and ready to please, but Onichan isn’t impressed. Of course the sukeban mafia will not tolerate nothing less than complete devotion and the trouble begins ….

Fuyuko, a married woman filled with grief after a miscarriage, has an affair with a younger man and finds herself involved in a robbery plot. For Fuyuko, who is at an impasse, there is no longer "family", "love" and "freedom".

Nikkatsu Roman Porno production featuring Ayako Meki in her film debut.

Roman Porno from 1979.

Yasuzo entra en la habitación de su hijo, Tsutomu, y le estrangula. Ryoko, la madre del chico, llora horrorizada pero no parece protestar por la acción de su marido. ¿Qué puede llevar a un padre ha hacer algo así a su propio hijo?

Three gangsters spend their time assaulting students until their leader feels guilty and saves a young girl from being raped. Following the incident the gang decides he must now prove himself by raping her himself.

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Roman Porno from 1978. A film director, producer, and writer take a working vacation at a resort on the advice of their horoscopes. For the next week, the three men conduct interviews with many young women, seeking to discover their next starlet.

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

A rich man buys a wife, whose father was in debt. Months later, the man's sister comes to visit, and discovers that the wife is secretly in love with another man.

After a bungled robbery attempt, two thugs kidnap a bride on her wedding day.

Tomomi and Hiroshi are on their honeymoon. During the seaside drive, she happens to see a girl being sexually assaulted. This sparks old memories of a rape which had deflowered her when she was much younger. Then, by coincidence, shortly after the couple arrives in the resort town, Tomomi spots the man who had raped her. He’s now working as a hotel bartender. Even though she immediately remembered him, the man obviously does not recognize her. Tomomi takes advantage of his ignorance to scheme a revenge plot against him. While her husband is off sightseeing, she convinces the bartender to accompany her into the mountains “for some private sex games” where she leaves him to freeze to death.

Nikkatsu Films sensation Naomi Tani (FLOWER AND SNAKE) stars as a troubled ex-prostitute turned barkeep enchanted by the love of a younger man named Kenichi. After trusting a violent junkie to help with her young lover’s singing career, she is sent to prison for murder. Now known only as Prisoner 101, she spends her days in the dirty prison system full of violent guards and sexually-aggressive inmates.

After having dropped out of school and given birth at age 16, Mako has little choice but to move in with the baby's deadbeat father. Struggling to make ends meet by working at a bar and in constant conflict with her conservative parents, Mako has to find her way in a harsh world.

Taken out of the pages of history itself, this is the story of the sizzling love between Kenreimon-in of the Taira Clan and Yoshitsuné of the Minamoto Clan. When the Taira Clan had met ignominious defeat at the hands of Yoshitsuné, Kenreimon-in had jumped into the sea with her son, the infant Emperor, but only she had been rescued by Yoshitsuné. A rough-hewn warrior, Yoshitsuné had taken her by force until he awakened an answering love in the Empress with his chamber techniques.

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.

Para una dama de palacio, el más alto honor es tener un hijo con el poderoso gobernador. Pero estas ilusiones tienen un peligroso camino..

Kizaki kidnaps Yuriko and engages in a rape and torture session with her, which he photographs. With the photos, he blackmails flower arrangement teacher Yumeji, Yuriko's older sister. Rather than allow him to shame her clan by sending the photos to the media, Yumeji goes to Kizaki. Kizaki then proceeds to rape and torture Yumeji, who was his true desire all along.

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Roman Porno from 1976.

Roman Porno from 1976.

El propietario de una pensión en Tokio en 1923, está ansioso por espiar los extraños encuentros cercanos que tienen lugar bajo su techo. Un día ve a una prostituta matando a un cliente y decide que ha encontrado a su alma gemela.

Roman Porno from 1976.

Tokuko Watanabe plays Hikaru, a female teacher at an all boy's high school. Yata is a mysterious student who transfers from another school. Seemingly, he's the younger brother of a boy who com-mitted suicide because of an obsession with teacher Hikaru. Obviously, as these stories go, Yata wants to avenge his brother's death. So one day, he recruits two more boys and the three of them rape Hikaru on the roof of the school. At first, the violated teacher shrugs off the incident with a "boys will be boys" altitude. But then, when she realizes revenge was the motive, she stalks them before they can do any more damage.

A college professor wants to bring the joys of sex to his frigid wife. He convinces his son in law to sleep with her because the idea arouses him, while also making him insanely jealous. The professor keeps a journal of his fantasies in a locked cupboard and hopes that his wife will find the key and read it.

Shunkin es una maestra ciega de shamisen y koto (instrumentos musicales japoneses). Ella atormenta y tortura a sus estudiantes, incluyendo a su siempre fiel aprendiz/servidor/amante, Sasuke. Cuando uno de sus enemigos vierte agua hirviendo sobre su cara, dejándole cicatrices para toda la vida, Sasuke adopta todo tipo de medidas para asegurarse de no volver ya a ver la cara de ella. La historia es contada por su antigua criada, en un asilo de ancianos, a un investigador, personaje interpretado por el propio director sin acreditar.