Shinobu Yaguchi

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.

¿Qué pasaría si un día nos quedásemos sin electricidad? Es más, ¿qué pasaría si esto fuese permanente? Esto es a lo que se enfrentan los Suzuki, una familia que vive en Tokio, alienada por el estilo de vida contemporáneo. Cuando la ciudad se quede sin energía, no les quedará más remedio que sobrevivir en otro lado, y de otro modo. Una película de aventuras con toques de comedia, que pone en duda nuestra propia existencia.

¿Qué pasaría si un día nos quedásemos sin electricidad? Es más, ¿qué pasaría si esto fuese permanente? Esto es a lo que se enfrentan los Suzuki, una familia que vive en Tokio, alienada por el estilo de vida contemporáneo. Cuando la ciudad se quede sin energía, no les quedará más remedio que sobrevivir en otro lado, y de otro modo. Una película de aventuras con toques de comedia, que pone en duda nuestra propia existencia.

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.

Ota, Kobayashi y Nagai han construido un androide que deben presentar en una feria robótica. Pocos días antes de la exhibición, su creación se cae fatalmente por la ventana. Sin tiempo para construir un nuevo robot, solo se les ocurre una solución para no quedar como unos perdedores: contratar a alguien que pueda introducirse en la carcasa del robot. Su “mejor” candidato es Suzuki, un anciano entusiasmado ante la posibilidad de tener una actividad con la que matar el tiempo.

Ota, Kobayashi y Nagai han construido un androide que deben presentar en una feria robótica. Pocos días antes de la exhibición, su creación se cae fatalmente por la ventana. Sin tiempo para construir un nuevo robot, solo se les ocurre una solución para no quedar como unos perdedores: contratar a alguien que pueda introducirse en la carcasa del robot. Su “mejor” candidato es Suzuki, un anciano entusiasmado ante la posibilidad de tener una actividad con la que matar el tiempo.

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers!

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers!

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.

The big band 'Swing Girls & A Boy' formed in the movie 'SWING GIRLS'. This concert will be the culmination of that, and deliver their first and last concert! In addition to the fresh big band jazz of the girls who jumped out of the movie, the folk duo from the film "Coelacanth" appears.

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.

Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.

Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

Japanese horror film with four segments.

Japanese horror film with four segments.

Made under the restrictions of "no zoom, pan, editing or post-sound", directors Shinobu Yaguchi and Takuji Suzuki skewer Japanese social conventions in 14 short episodes. In one segment a woman misreads an advertisement and arrives at a job interview dressed in a bunny suit. Another concerns a woman who hides to surprise her friends only to overhear their unkind appraisal of her hygiene. And another entitled "Grandpa from Hell" is a surreal yarn about a cult leader. Ranging from the humorous to the deeply bizarre, the film's static, minimalistic style makes such "Dogme 95" films as The Celebration (1998) look extravagant.

A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.

A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.

A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.

Drama about a narcoleptic senior-high student, Mayumi, and his relationships with a male teacher who raped him and a female classmate whose boyfriend keeps bullying him.

Lo único que hacía feliz de pequeña a Sakiko era contar el dinero. Y como era de esperar acabó trabajando en un banco. Pero un día es secuestrada y accidentalmente arrojada por un precipicio para acabar en un lugar recóndito en medio de ninguna parte. Cuando finalmente es encontrada, en el trabajo es tratada como una heroína. Pero es cuando consigue ver fragmentos del vídeo de los secuestradores, cuando decide mover ficha e ir en busca de un tesoro.

Lo único que hacía feliz de pequeña a Sakiko era contar el dinero. Y como era de esperar acabó trabajando en un banco. Pero un día es secuestrada y accidentalmente arrojada por un precipicio para acabar en un lugar recóndito en medio de ninguna parte. Cuando finalmente es encontrada, en el trabajo es tratada como una heroína. Pero es cuando consigue ver fragmentos del vídeo de los secuestradores, cuando decide mover ficha e ir en busca de un tesoro.

This short film won acclaim in several international film festivals.

The misadventures of Junko, a schoolgirl who unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events after being caught using her friend's train pass.

The misadventures of Junko, a schoolgirl who unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events after being caught using her friend's train pass.

The misadventures of Junko, a schoolgirl who unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events after being caught using her friend's train pass.

Rain in Tokyo area. Two girls holed up in their tiny apartment. They go out, steal cabbages, hit a supermarket and kill a cow. The sun comes out and changes everything. Alive with spirited spontaneity plus a dash of anarchy, The Rain Women is the true heir to Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating.

Rain in Tokyo area. Two girls holed up in their tiny apartment. They go out, steal cabbages, hit a supermarket and kill a cow. The sun comes out and changes everything. Alive with spirited spontaneity plus a dash of anarchy, The Rain Women is the true heir to Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating.