Sleeping Bride (2000)

아사가와 레이코는 조카 토모코의 죽음이 자신이 취재하고 있는 비디오와 연관이 있다고 생각하고 비디오를 찾아 나선다. 그러나 비디오를 본 그녀는 영상을 본 사람은 1주일 안에 죽는다는 것을 알아채고 전 남편인 류지에게 도움을 청한다. 비디오를 분석한 류지는 영상의 주인공인 시즈코라는 여인을 조사하고, 아들 요이치가 비디오를 본 사실을 알게 된 레이코는 그의 목숨을 살리기 위해 애쓴다.

Gay fashion designer Yiu Chun Man (Ekin Cheng) is visited in Hong Kong by his straight twin brother, Yiu Chun Kit (also Ekin Cheng). Kit borrows his brother’s driver’s license, and is then involved in a car crash in which a woman dies (see also Ab-normal Beauty), and Kit falls into a coma. With no ID card, Man is unable to prove his identity, so he assumes the identity of his brother, and takes up with Kit’s girlfriend, Jane, (Charlene Choi), and goes with her to Thailand. Jane, however, is having some money problems, and is deeply indebted to a loan shark (Dayo Wong), who pursues Man and Jane. Kit comes out of his coma and finds himself struggling to fend off the amorous advances of Man's boyfriend (Jan Lamb), who is a high-ranking Hong Kong police officer.

1958년 일본의 경제적 재부흥 초창기. 도키코는 생계에 보탬이 되고자 다니던 학교를 그만두고 후지사와라는 마담이 운영하는 게이샤하우스의 잡일꾼으로 일한다. 그녀는 새벽 5시에 일어나 모든 청소에서부터 선배 게이샤들의 신발 닦는 일까지 다 마치고는 무용학교로 나가 무용을 배우는 등 쉴 틈 없는 일정을 보낸다. 도키코는 자신보다는 남을 배려하는 넓은 마음을 가진 어린 소녀로 그런 도키코의 성정에 대해 마담 후지사와는 도키코가 큰 게이샤가 될 수 있는 인물이라고 확신하고 도키코가 큰 게이샤로 성장할 수 있도록 도와주려 한다. 후지사와는 게이샤로 데뷔를 시키는 큰 마담 하나만을 만나 도키코의 데뷔를 부탁하지만 하나만이 운영하는 게이샤하우스에서 최고의 게이샤로 데뷔하는 데 소요되는 돈은 만만치 않았다. 결국, 평생 자신의 돈을 셀 수도 없을 만큼 많이 가진 재벌 다무라에게 도키코의 처녀성을 얻는 대가로 300만엔을 받을 수 있는 방법 밖에 없는데…

When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.

Hapless hustler Bank, rescues a miserable young prostitute, Som, from street thugs, and the two begin a quiet romance. When Bank has the opportunity to become a drug-runner for an affluent dealer, he resolves to raise enough money to rescue Som from the sex trade. But, as Bank descends deeper into Bangkok's violent criminal underworld, the possibility of leaving his old life behind grows ever more distant.

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

A Takashi Miike film that is, to a degree, autobiographical-- Young Thugs: Innocent Blood follows three friends through their first year after leaving high school. Having robbed their teacher on their last day, Ryoko gets a job in a hair salon, while the two boys settle down into a career of enforcement and protection.

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.

Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

In Hong Kong, the successful designer Ming lives with his beloved girlfriend Wai Luk and her younger sister who loves ghost story comic books. When Wai is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Ming's life is turned upside-down, and he sacrifices his career to spend more time with Wai. He finds a new job in a lower position and out of the blue he finds that his new boss, Chu Fong, was his old friend in elementary school. When Wai gives up chemotherapy she decides to treat herself in accordance with the traditional Chinese medicine guided by her aunt. She has a weird behavior at home, and her frightened sister insists that she is a ghost. Meanwhile, Ming gets closer to Fong, who is a successful entrepreneur but a woman needy of love. During a trip to Peking, they have one night stand. Over the next days, Ming and Fong have a love affair and Ming believes that Wai is a spirit resolving her issues to move to the next level.

In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate the Mitsumikai Boss is the one and only Boss of the Japan Mafia: Mr. Nishiwaki. Hideshi finds something odd about the killing and begins to investigate, uncovering the true motives behind this murder. Miike's sequel is chock full of harrowing Boat chases, big explosions, beautiful women sex and drugs! Takashi Miike's Family, Part 2 continues the tale of the yakuza gangster named Hideshi, who must uncover the identity of the man who killed a powerful crime boss.

1638년, 시마바라의 난. 기독교 신자들에 대한 박해에 대항하는 마지막 몸부림. 도쿠가와 막부는 3만 7000몀의 농부에 대해 12만명에 달하는 군대를 동원한다. 아마쿠사 시로를 필두로 한 기독교 집단의 요술에 대한 두려움이 일으킨 과민반응이 었다. 100일에 거친 살육이 끝났을 때 그 땅에 살고 있던 모든 사람들의 머리는 잘려 있었고 그곳에 신은 없었다.

한 소녀(김진아 분)가 나(주진모 분)를 빤히 들여다본다. 나보고 그림을 잘 그린다고 한다. 한동안 들어보지 못한 말이다. 소녀가 내게 좋은 것을 주겠다고 나를 유혹한다. 하지만 소녀를 따라간 그 곳엔... 난생 처음 보는 포악한 사내가 있었다. 분노로 심하게 충혈된 그의 눈에서 내 모습을 보았다. 왜 그렇게 한심하게 사냐고, 그가 나를 추궁한다. 포악한 사내가 속삭인다. "지금도 늦지 않았어!" 나의 그림을 찢어버린 여자, 바람을 피우고도 뻔뻔스런 꽃처럼 화려한 나의 애인, 나의 그림을 모욕하면서 나를 이용한 사진사, 뱀처럼 징그러운 놈, 나의 애인을 빼앗고 낡은 만화책처럼 만든 놈. 핏물이 묻은 손으로 고기를 주물럭거리는 나의 전우, 나를 저 고깃덩어리처럼 다뤘던 건 잊었나보다... 어떻게 이럴 수 있지? 난 이렇게 화가 나는데, 내가 왜 화가 나는지 아무도 모른단 말야? 그림처럼 나를 기다리고 있는 참하고 얌전한 일상 그러나 나는 이제 볼 수 있을 것 같다. 그 잔잔한 일상에 끊임 없이 곤두박질하는 충동들을... 순간, 광포한 비명이 들려온다. 온순한 이웃. 그도 가슴속에 사나운 뱀 한 마리를 키우고 있었나 보다.

When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.

A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?

캬바레 보이로 일하는 무라키 하야오는 밀주 거래 이야기를 듣고 뭇매를 맞는다. 화가 난 하야오는 옛 동료들과 짜고 야쿠자를 흔들어 돈을 뜯어낸다. 돈맛을 본 이들은 성매매 조직이나 깡패를 상대로 교묘한 작전을 세워 본격적으로 공갈을 시작하는데...