Takashi Asai

A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.

A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.

Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of softcore pornography in this extensive examination of the "pinku eiga" genre (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga or Pinkeiga). For more than 40 years, so-called "pink" films have served as both a key source of revenue for the Japanese film industry as well as a launching pad for the careers of such mainstream filmmakers as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After providing a detailed history of the still-profitable and popular genre through interviews with a variety of behind-the-scenes players and clips from such classic pink films as Fish Bait Boobies, director Fujii shifts his focus to the production of an upcoming pink film to offer a glimpse into the creative and stylistic evolution of the genre.

Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the auteur. Scenes from the surprisingly low key and relaxed production of "Bright Future" are of course sprinkled liberally throughout the documentary, but between these we are treated to interesting and revealing interviews with actors, producers and Kurosawa's many other collaborators. And perhaps the most surprising thing of all is how much of Kurosawa there is, talking candidly about his working methods and the philosophy behind it all.

Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the auteur. Scenes from the surprisingly low key and relaxed production of "Bright Future" are of course sprinkled liberally throughout the documentary, but between these we are treated to interesting and revealing interviews with actors, producers and Kurosawa's many other collaborators. And perhaps the most surprising thing of all is how much of Kurosawa there is, talking candidly about his working methods and the philosophy behind it all.

仁村雄二は、同じおしぼり工場で働く同僚・有田守と公私ともに淡々とした日常を過ごしている。雄二は他人と上手く渡り合えず無鉄砲な性格。そんな彼を見兼ねた守はある日、彼ら2人だけしか分からない2つのサインを提案し、それを徹底させようとする。その頃から雄二は守が飼っている猛毒の“アカクラゲ”に興味を示すようになった。ある時、守はそのクラゲを雄二に託して突然姿を消す。守は工場の社長夫妻殺害の容疑者として収監されていた。以来、雄二は戸惑いながらも、何かに取り憑かれたようにクラゲの世話を始める。

企業が個人の快楽をもコントロールする20XX年、ニュートーキョー。7人のセクシー・レプリカント「レイコ」がゲノム・コーポレーションの指令を受けオーガズム・ハンティングを行う。オーガズムデータを解析・設定したI.K.U.サーバにアクセスすると、性器の摩擦無しにエクスタシーを得ることができる「I.K.U.システム」のために、相手の欲望とセクシュアリティに合わせて七変化するレイコは人間達と交わりつつ、オーガズムデータを収集していくが・・・。 ＜2000年1月のサンダンス映画祭ミッドナイト・スクリーニングを皮切りに20以上の国際映画祭で上映。イギリスのFACE誌で5ページに渡る特集を組まれ、PLAYBOY誌、そしてミロシュ・ホアマン監督の『ラリー・フリント』発行によるHUSTLER誌で大きく紹介など、全世界のフィルム、アート、デジタル、エロティック界で話題をさらった日本製SFポルノ映画＞

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.

Biography of the British painter Francis Bacon. The movie focuses on his relationship with George Dyer, his lover. Dyer was a former small time crook.

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.

Kumi lives a hippie-like life in Tokyo's outskirts. One night while drunk she stumbles into an abandoned industrial site, except in addition to deserted factories, it is full of forests and greenery. She decides to move there, even further away from the civilization she had already left.

Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.

An experimental short featuring people and nails.