스러져가는 핑크 영화업계에 사는 영화감독 쿠타니와 각본가 지망이었던 남자 이세키는 장마의 어느 날에 만나, 자신들이 사랑했던 여자 배우 쇼코에 대해 이야기하기 시작한다. 3명이 매달려왔던 영화로의 꿈이 너덜너덜하게 무너지기 시작하는 중, 각자의 인생이 교착해간다.
Adapted from the manga series "Sefure no Hinkaku" (セフレの品格) by Minato Yoriko (湊よりこ).
This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his living by selling old items in flea markets, meets a nurse and he falls in love with her. He decides to become a successful antique dealer. So he participates in a huge auction in the mountains but he makes a fool of himself. At the same time he ends up being in the netherworld, and hovers between life and death.
Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is forced to take on a troublesome job by Kyoichi, an executive of the Kasahara clan, a yakuza gang he knows well. The task is to investigate an arson case that is suspected to involve the Chinese mafia Barretto, with whom the Kasahara-gumi has a rival gang. In addition, Shinjiro is asked by Michiko, whose Filipino parents were deported in the past, to search for her best friend, a Kurdish woman who mysteriously disappeared. However, as he pursues the two cases, he finds himself caught up in a war between two huge underworld organizations.
A story of finding a place to root yourself when life’s obstacles have dispirited you. Chang-su, a former equestrian athlete for the South Korean national team, was forced to give up on his dream early. He finds himself working at a quarry in the rural town of Minawa in western Japan, where he lives with Minami and her infant daughter. Yamabuki, a teenage girl, begins to stage silent protests that blossom into community action, much to the dismay of her policeman father. The quiet surface of this rural town is gradually peeled off to reveal frustration and loneliness that, once given a voice, begin to connect people.
Producer
Junko runs a Thai restaurant left by her late husband. Yuuji is a furniture maker who has recently divorced. One day, Junko buys a handmade table via mail order from Yuuji. The table is all perfect except the doll, which was sent as a bonus, is missing its head. Learning that, Yuuji insists to send back the missing head parts to Junko. Eventually, the two can sense a connection between them as they start interacting with each other through email. Will romance blossom once again between the two people who're halfway through their lives?
A marriage is weaker without something in common. Sayoko (SHINDO Manami) is a seemingly carefree woman but she hides doubts about her marriage behind her cheerful demeanour. After five years of being in Tokyo, it is apparent that she has little in common with her husband and so she begins scoping out apartments which is how she meets Yohei (YOSHIMURA Kaito), a real estate agent who is nursing a broken heart. As they tour properties, Sayoko's girlish charms work their magic on the downhearted man and she convinces him to look for the wife who abandoned him but their journey brings the two closer.
타인과의 커뮤니케이션이 어려운 아야코와 유타. 그들은 우연한 계기로 서로를 알게 되고 사랑에 빠진다. 모든 게 처음이었던 두 사람이 만나 그려내는 거친 사랑의 모양, 두 사람의 만남부터 이별까지를 고스란히 담은 7년간의 연애담.
Akira Konishi
Two men working in a suburban scrap factory. A society in which parts that are no longer usable are easily replaced and continue to rotate as if nothing had happened. Evil gives birth to evil, lies are overlaid on lies, and weak ones hit even weaker ones. How should we live in this ruthless world? Faced with such an unanswered question head-on, swallowing all the contradictions and confrontations that are unevenly distributed, yet the possibility of salvation and the guidepost for liberation are out of the standard. The movie you are looking for on the scale of is born. Suspense full of speed and excitement, unpredictable angry development, stubborn lyricism and rugged humor in the meantime-giving the viewer a different dimension of horizon while giving a surprise similar to dizziness A terrifying monster movie to take away, that is this "Running the Night".
Fujinaga's Neighbor
꺼림칙한 사건으로 인해 절망의 늪에 택시 기사 후지나가는 최고의 제물로 불릴 만한 여성을 죽이고 나서 자신도 죽는다는 위험한 소망을 갖게 된다. 검은색 택시를 타고, 검은색 장갑을 착용하고 일하던 그는 자신의 욕망을 충족시킬 만한 여성 승객을 마침내 찾아낸다.
"이시바시 유우"라는 똑같은 이름을 가진 초등학교 5학년의 아들을 키우는 세 엄마들. 카나가와에 거주하는 43살의 프리랜서 작가 이시바시 루미코(칸노 미호). 그녀의 남편 유타카는 프리랜서 카메라맨이다. 그리고 오사카에 거주하는 30살의 싱글맘 이시바시 카나(타카하타 미츠키). 이혼하고 지금은 싱글맘으로 아르바이트를 겸하며 바쁜 나날을 보내고 있다. 또다른 시즈오카에 거주하는 36살의 전업주부 이시바시 아스미(오노 마치코). 그녀의 남편 타이치는 도쿄로 출퇴근하는 샐러리맨이다. 각자 저마다 사랑하는 아들 유우를 키우며 바쁘고 행복한 나날을 보내고 있었다. 하지만 사소한 사건이 계기가 되어 평범한 가족의 일상이 서서히 무너지기 시작한다. 무의식중에 아이를 향한 초조함과 분노. 사는 곳도 가정 환경도 서로 다른 세 가족의 운명은 과연…？
Film director Karen is invited by his childhood friend Sudo, a famous film director, to film a movie in Mexico. Karen is surprised and delighted by the suddenness, but feels something is wrong and blurs her words. Her best friend Aya, who was taught by her girlfriend to live freely, was dissatisfied with her inarticulate appearance.
다큐멘터리 감독 유코는 3년 전에 있었던 학교폭력과 그로 인한 연쇄 자살에 대한 다큐멘터리를 만들면서, 틈틈이 사설 입시학원을 운영하는 아버지 마사시를 도와 강의를 한다. 다큐 작업이 진전될수록 유코는 감춰졌던 진실과 그 진실로 고통 받는 가족들의 삶에 깊숙이 개입하게 된다. 한편, 사랑 받는 선생님이자 친구 같은 아버지인 마사시가 치명적인 잘못을 저질렀다는 사실을 알게 된 유코는 자신의 삶 전체가 흔들리는 충격을 받는다.
괴롭힘을 당하는 고등학생이 살인 욕구를 느끼는 같은 반 학생과 어울리며 벌어지는 일을 다룬 영화
Gorou
Aimi, a mistress who never talks to customers. Although her appearance and play content have been well received, she continues to be cut off from the store due to his unfriendliness, and she is changing stores. One day, Aimi was cut off again and decided to live in an accident property with a shared toilet without a bath, which has a low rent. Aimi, who became a town, meets Kaoru, who sells a mysterious "Shishu", and Eguchi, a theoretical physicist who talks about parallel worlds, deepens exchanges, and has a mysterious experience in the world.
다리가 불편한 젊은 생물고고학자 유키수케는 거리에서 우리의 붕어빵과 비슷한 타이야키을 파는 젊은 처녀 코요미를 알게 되고 그녀에게 매료되어 그녀의 노점을 자주 찾는다. 두 사람은 함께 대화하고 자주 어울리던 중 코요미가 자동차 사고를 당해 병원에 입원하는 일이 발생한다. 좀처럼 의식을 찾지 못하던 그녀가 마침내 의식을 되찾지만 일시적으로 과거를 기억하지 못하는 후유증을 앓게 된다. 유키수케는 전처럼 그녀의 가장 가까운 곳에 있으려고 노력하지만 그녀의 과거에 대한 기억들은 그를 어렵게 만든다.
In 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial intelligence has become essential in people's lives. They have come to completely trust AI, but artificial intelligence becomes out of control and it causes disaster.
Futoshi Tsuchida
학원 로맨스 영화를 촬영중인 현장에서 배우가 악령에 씌인다. 조감독인 아키라가 쓴 호러영화 시나리오 ‘고스트 마스터’의 저주에 사로잡힌 것이다. 토비 후퍼의 "뱀파이어"(1985)와 샘 레이미의 "이블 데드"(1981) 등 80년대 할리우드 호러에게 오마쥬를 바치는 작품. (2019년 제23회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Shot in the historic city of Nara, this film depicts the growth and conflicts of a talented 14-year-old female sprinter with a complex family background.
Bar-owner
A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secrets are revealed, they face challenges together.
Kondo
Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.
Ichirô Tanaka
Aya Mitsuru, a magazine writer who is worried about her work being ridiculed by her cohabiting boyfriend, Hajime Otsuka. After having sexual intercourse with Aya, Hajime Kuzu goes out to the city at night. One day, Aya finds out that Hajime goes to a sex shop and goes to see his favorite sex shop, Karen Shinohara, pretending to be an interviewer. Aya hits off with Karen and makes a plan to discipline Hajime.
하루카는 10년 동안 정상을 업계에서 나름 잘 나가던 모델이었으나 나이가 들며 일거리가 줄게 되고 고질병인 거식증에 시달린다. 아내 키미요와 함께 정육점을 운영하는 스기야마는 손님으로 찾아온 하루카와 텔레파시를 주고받을 수 있다는 사실을 알게 되며 둘은 점차 가까워지게 되는데…
Koichi Sakata
Elementary school boy Hiroto doesn’t have any talents or dreams for the future. One day he sees a wrestling match by popular masked wrestler Dynamite Wolf, and for the first time becomes enthusiastic. He decides to ask Dynamite Wolf to teach him how to fight. Meanwhile, Dynamite Wolf’s foray into politics has become big news… This energetic coming-of-age drama is the first entertainment film by a director who has worked on self-documentaries and POV horror. The star is Kawase Yota from “Rolling” by TOMINAGA Masanori. With strong support from Dotonbori Pro Wrestling, a match scene was shot with 200 extras, taking “Dynamite Wolf” beyond the realm of a typical low-budget movie.
Shigeru
A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.
학점이 모자라 아버지에게 잔소리를 들으며 하루하루가 우울한 대학생, 료. 어느 날 충동적으로 친구들과 대마를 피우다 떨어져 훔치기로 한다. 그렇게 세 친구는 금고에 대마가 가득하다는 클럽에 잠입하는데
Gorô Yoshii
A girl became an adult at the Akemi bar. Having been kicked out by her family and lacking a social circle, a girl walks alone in the city. A wife and a husband who are bar owners take her under their wings just as if she is one of their own. This girl offers her wiles and love to customers. The regular customers of the bar like her, which helps her gain confidence and have hope again.
가마가사키는 2차 세계 대전 이래로 일용직 근로자들과 매춘부들이 모이는 은폐된 슬럼이다. 개발업자들이 이곳으로 이주해오며 지방 당국은 갱단과 결탁해 거주민들을 괴롭히고 슬럼을 제거하려 한다. 이때 매춘부, 소매치기 그리고 간타로라는 남자아이가 가마가사키에 들어서게 된다. 간타로는 갱단이 소중히 여기던 거대 가마솥을 손에 쥐게 되는데, 이는 한때 극빈자들을 먹여 살렸던 가마가사키의 상징이다.
Ryuji Komai
Michitaro Sano’s wife passed away 18 years ago. Since her death, he has lived with his daughter Yumiko at their home. Now, Michitaro retires from his work. Yumiko though tells him to start doing housework. Michitaro is also surprised to learn that Yumiko has a boyfriend and is considering marriage. Michitaro is unsure how to handle his sudden abundance of free time. He then attends a local radio calisthenics group session.
Kantaro Sakata, the Sponsor
관동 대지진과 2차 세계대전 사이 일본에서 여성 스모는 꽃을 피웠다. 젊은 여성 스모 선수와 무정부주의 공산주의자가 만나 로맨스가 싹트는 가운데, 조선인에 대한 흉흉한 소문이 돌기 시작하고 강경한 일본 제국주의의 지배 속에서도 서민들은 점차 힘을 확장해 나아간다.
Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao would be toyed around by Emiko, but little by little he started taking a liking to her loveliness. As days went by, Masao started opening up to Emiko – something that he rarely did to others. However, there was just something about Emiko – something that bothered Masao - that wouldn’t go away.
Maeda
환상과 현실을 오가는 여성의 사랑 찾기에 초점을 맞춘 영화
During winter break elementary school teacher Kyoko Uno gives supplemental lessons to her student Teppei, who is behind in school. Kyoko has an unusual bond with Teppei's mother Mie. Meanwhile, Kyoko's son Sanshiro is supposed to be at an overnight sports camp, but Kyoko finds out that he was caught shoplifting.
Takashi Uno
도시 생활을 청산하고, 치매에 걸린 작은아버지를 모시며 밤에 봉고 치는걸 좋아하는 '타카'. 작은아버지가 돌아가시게 되자 사촌인 '미츠아키'에게 요청해 집에 머물면서 함께 낚시터를 운영하기로 한다. 여기에 '타카'의 친구 '쇼'까지 가세한다. 그러나 도쿄에서 온 한 젊은 가족이 '타카'가 살던 집을 카페로 만들고자 마음 먹게되는데...
한적한 어촌 우오부카를 찾은 낯선 여섯 명의 남녀. 시청 직원 ‘츠키스에’는 상사의 은밀한 지시로 그들이 마을에 정착할 수 있도록 돕는다. 얼마 후 ‘츠키스에’는 그들 모두가 가석방 된 살인범이라는 충격적 사실을 알게 되지만, 평범해 보이는 모습에 호의를 베푼다. 그러던 어느 날, 평온하기만 했던 마을에 의문의 살인사건이 발생하고, ‘츠키스에’는 여섯 명이 간직한 비밀을 점차 파고들기 시작하는데… 믿음과 불신 그 기이한 경계에서… 당신은 확신할 수 있나요?
주로 AV 여배우를 전문으로 취재하는 르포라이터의 시무라 아츠시. 사람들 앞에서 벌거벗고 섹스만 파는 AV 여배우들과 그런 문화를 즐기는 사회를 저변 하지만 그들 앞에서는 존경하는 행색을 한다. AV 여배우에 대한 집착과 멈출 수 없는 모순을 안고 취재를 계속하던 중 그는 한 AV 여배우 마에다 하나코를 만난다. 화려한 스타가 되기 위해 AV계에 몸담기 시작한 다른 배우들과는 달리 삶을 살아가기 위해 AV계에 뛰어든 그녀를 보고 시무라는 새로운 호기심을 갖게 되는데…
Marie Shirakawa
담배를 사러 다녀 오겠다는 아버지는 그렇게 돌아오지 않았다. 엄마는 아버지 대신 일을 나가고, 형은 엄마 대신 내 도시락을 준비했다. 원망과 그리움이 한 데 섞인 13년이 흐른 지금, 아버지와의 틈을 메우지 못한 채 아주 오랜만에 그를 마주한다.
Directorial debut by Kiridoshi Risaku, an accomplished film and cultural critic and author of "Miyazaki Hayao no ‘sekai'" and "Kaiju tsukai to shonen: Ultraman no sakka tachi". Mikoto (Mikoto) and Takashi (Sumori Ryubun) graduated from the same high school. Now in their twenties, they meet by coincidence and hit it off, and they decide to spend the night together. But Takashi invites her not to a love hotel, but to their former high school. Mikoto has only bad memories from high school, and she realizes that Takashi also is looking for a chance to redo his teenage years.
현직 AV 배우인 사쿠라 마나의 소설 데뷔작을 "64"의 타카히사 감독이 연출했다. 과거 배우였던 어머니가 고향에 돌아오며 곤란한 입장에 빠진 여고생, 현재 배우라는 직업에 만족하지만 어머니가 알게 되어 난처한 20대 여성, 남편과 잘 지내면서도 AV 배우로 지원하려는 유부녀의 이야기.
(2018년 제22회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Tanoue
인간의 몸에 들어가 기생을 하며 돌연변이로 만들어버리는 외계생명체가 나타난다. 암에 걸려 자포자기했던 중년의 샐러리맨은 암세포가 기생충을 죽이는 바람에 돌연변이이지만 여전히 인간으로서의 의식을 유지하게 된다. 그리고 돌연변이들과 처절한 전투를 시작한다. (2017년 제21회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
태평양 전쟁의 끝이 가까운 1945 년.
아마미 군도의 가케로마 섬의 작은 마을에 해군 특공정부대를 이끄는 사쿠 대장이 부임해 온다.
섬의 아이들에게 존경받고 동료와 술을 마시는 것보다 현지에 녹아드려 하는 사쿠에게 국민학교 교사 토에(만도 히카리)는 어느덧 끌리게 된다.
마침내 출격 명령을 기다리던 사쿠와 토에는 서로의 마음을 확인하게 되고 내일도 알 수 없는 속에서 격렬한 사랑에 빠진다.
police officer
Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their deepest secrets.
Naomi (Makoto Nishiyama), who returned to a small town because her adoptive father was about to die, met her brother-in-law, Hiroyuki (Hideyuki Kamada), again. Both of them have a history of becoming a man and woman, and Naomi feels an uncontrollable feeling for Hiroyuki. After that, she reunited with her childhood friend Yoshio (Yuya Matsuura) who also returned to the town....
Yukio Kudô
Tomomi applies make-up in the shadow of the company. There was a sexy mole around his eyes. Tomomi stood on the street corner to repay the debt from the dark money and was attracting customers. And every time the act was over, the customer had him write a mole on his body. And the mole of that commandment surely increased ... On the other hand, Yui, a single mother who works at the same company, cheered on her own painful life while knowing Tomomi's behavior. The president's son, who noticed these two people, flickered Yui's head and called him to the conference room to devour his body. Then, in order to reveal Tomomi's back face, she approaches Yui ...
What is life like at a Japanese university? Four "friends" drift in and out of their friendships and face boredom, uncertainty and disengagement. And something more dangerous.
Yoshikawa
Asakura Kotomi's last film serves as her official farewell and was partly filmed as the adult star's send-off. A woman was a regular office lady when she had an affair with her boss. She quit her job however and subsequently met an old friend. She was connected to a new position being a counselor as a result. She would counsel men at the customers' houses. Clients are men who have no friends or families and suffer from sexual dysfunctions. She proved to be helpful.
Naoto Hara
하라 나노카는 죽은 어머니가 예전에 출연한 무대가 재연된다는 이야기를 듣고 오디션에 임하게 된다. 다양한 사람들과 교류를 거듭하면서 한 사람의 배우가 될 때까지를 그린 휴먼 판타지 영화.
Ikeda
Etsuko (Rinko Kikuchi) was given the post to take charge in the launch of a web media site which specifically deals with the theme “the streets and the town of Tokyo”. So her recent daily routine was to walk around town searching for materials that may be suitable for the plan. One day she runs into a sake barrel stacked in a shrine in Kagurazaka (Shinjuku District, Tokyo), and she finds herself immediately interested in sake and it’s history with the Kagurazaka area. She decides to do a research, and calls photographer and long time friend Ikeda (Yota Kawase), and starts her quest for the secret of the fascinating sake and the historical town. For Etsuko, who had been stressed out by her busy work, her idea of gathering interesting informations and meeting people for her job turned out becoming an exciting journey which eventually leads Etsuko to reconcile with her peaceful heart and mind, which had always been her nature.
Tsutomu Koyama
Shinji Imaoka, the director of “Waiting for you,” starred Ayane Suzukawa, a popular sexy idol, and a unique sensual drama depicting the struggle of a woman whose husband was kidnapped by a giant Tsuchinoko. The couple, Ichiro and Sonoko, are attacked by a human-sized Tsuchinoko in the mountains, and only Ichiro is taken away. Sonoko rescued by Tsuchinoko Hunter Kurikoma descends alone, but Ichiro's colleague Segawa cannot believe Sonoko's story. Eventually Sonoko goes to find the giant Tsuchinoko's den again to meet Ichiro.
Kotaro
Nurse Misaki (Ruri Shinato) was looking forward to seeing the Korean drama "Brother's Woman" set in Japan. Misaki, who falls in love with the main character, Choi Min-ho, is not as good as her unemployed husband, Kotaro (Yota Kawase). One day, when I learned that "Brother's Woman" was being filmed in the neighborhood, I stopped by the park on the stage and saw the figures of men and women hugging. I left the place thinking that it was a scene I saw somewhere, and went home to play "Brother's Woman". Then the scene is the scene of the park. A figure that looks exactly like Misaki is reflected in the background of the screen. The next day, Misaki chases after discovering that the Korean who was introduced by Kotaro by chance was Cheson's older brother In Young (Min Do-Yoon) in the drama. Then there is a real Cheson ...
Makoto
Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.
A road trip with a rebellious son, a reckless brother, and an uncontrollable pet turtle goes crazy.
Yoshikawa
In this dark and mind-bending film, Yuriko is a miserable house wife forced to live under the emotional and physical abuse of her husband. A wanted criminal, known for home invasions and aggravated assault, breaks into Yuriko's residence, but surprisingly he sets her free. Due to the immense emotional distress she has gone through, Yuriko attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge, only to wash ashore and have her life saved by the man that broke in and set her free. Stockholm Syndrome along with a lack of a moral compass causes her to stay with the assailant. This supernatural drama stars JAV idols Kotomi Asakura and Ayane Suzukawa.
Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is interested on making a documentary about Maya. A mysterious eyeball collector watches for Maya's own eyeballs.
Journalist
정체불명의 괴수 ‘고질라’의 출현으로 초토화된 일본 인류의 생존을 위협하는 대재앙을 상대로 불가능한 희망을 찾는 사람들의 최후 반격을 담은 블록버스터
Yoshikawa
Yuriko is a miserable house wife forced to live under the emotional and physical abuse of her husband until a criminal breaks in and sets her free.
Kaori (Nori Sato) runs a small piano studio. One of her students is Yuu (Uwa Ishibashi). On the way from a recital, Kaori is sexually assaulted by Yuu's father (Kentaro Furuyama). Kaori later learns Yuu has also been sexually abused by her father. Kaori and Yuu share each other's pain and eventually Kaori decides to fulfill Yuu's wish.
Nagano has had a sickness of the heart for 40 years and has been hospitalized at the mental hospital in Fukushima. However, during the evacuation when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, knowing that he’s already completely healed, he makes his way back out to into the world. Having been hospitalized from when he was in his teens until his fifties, his story is like that of Urashima Taro, the Japanese fisherman who went beneath the sea as a young man and returned to an unfamiliar world. However, his heart from long ago is for the first time full of feelings to meet the woman he loved. Before long, Nagano learns that the woman has taken refuge in Tokyo and lives with her son and his wife, and sets out on a bike headed for Tokyo.
Lead Actor of Geki Ai
“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.
A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment, alienation and confusion mostly due to a lack of dreams and fulfillment of ambition.
Gondo
Kanichi works at wet tissue company in Mito, Japan. He runs into Gondo. 10 years ago, Gondo was fired from his job as a teacher for secretly filming others. He is now with Mihari who works as a hostess. He took away her away from Tokyo. Kanichi falls in love with Mihari at first sight and takes her away from Gondo. Meanwhile, due to a female student on the video Gondo secretly shot, an unexpected disturbance is created.
An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".
1726, Sanchu, Okayama Prefecture: farmers negotiate with the feudal domain in order to seek exemption from rising taxes. Infighting leads to suppression by the samurai class, and the farmers band together for battle. It’s a moment of injustice, setting the stage for bravery and sacrifice. However those daring characters remain largely offscreen in Juichiro Yamasaki’s brilliant film. Instead, the cowardly protagonist Jihei (Naohisa Nakagaki) faces a crisis of the risks of rebellion and its aftermath that resonates with our contemporary moment. In this rare independent jidaigeki, Kenta Tawara’s beautiful digital B&W photography channels and refigures luminaries of classical Japanese cinema, boasting rapturous animated sequences by Tomomichi Nakamura and experimental score by Ayako Sasaki.
Hayato
Momoko is nervous but enthusiastic about joining the movie company she has longed for. However, she was late from the first day and was struck by Reiko, a female employee who is famous for her talent. On the other hand, the president liked Momoko and took care of it. But it was an adult filmmaking company! Although she was worried about the gap with the company she had envisioned, she was excited to have her seniors teach her work, and she was further exposed to the passion of the people involved and grew up every day.
Masao (Kokone Sasaki) was once famous for having supernatural powers, but she now lives as a prostitute. Her special power is to know when a person will die by touching them. Masao has sex with men about to die. One day, a man named Tachibana (Shima Ohnishi) appears in front of her and expresses his wish to film her. In reality, Tachibana wants to take revenge on her. His wife killed herself after learning from Masao that she would die. Tachibana though becomes attracted to Masao.
Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okabe (Takeshi Itoh). Okabe left a message for Ichiro right before his death. From the message, Ichiro learns the truth of a sad cast from the past and that Okabe liked Ichiro's first love Sachi (Aoi Kirishima). When they were young, Okabe got everything he wanted, but Ichiro could not do anything about what he wanted. After Ichiro meets a young woman named Haru (Kanako Mizumoto), his passion for the younger days begins to revive.
A shy young secretary is intrigued by her new neighbor.
전쟁 말기, 어두운 시대 속에서 절망과 허무함에 허덕이는 알코올중독 소설가와 성(性)불감증 매춘부가 ‘전쟁이 끝날 때까지’ 라는 단서를 달고 끊임없이 서로를 탐닉한다. 한편, 전쟁터에서 오른팔을 잃고 귀환한 병사는 전쟁 트라우마로 인해 아내와 더 이상 정상적인 성관계를 할 수 없게 되고… 어느 날, 몇 명의 남자들에게 강간을 당하는 여자를 보면서 흥분하는 자신을 발견하는데….
Hitoshi Onodera
On March 11th 2011, a massive earthquake strikes eastern Japan. Shoko (TAKEKOU Aya), who works at a shoe store in Tokyo, is unable to contact her boyfriend Masashi (ISOBE Yasuhiro) who lives in the worst-hit region. As aftershocks continue, she finally gets through to his brother who tells her that Masashi has become mentally unstable. Despite her desire to go to his side, she is urged to break up with him for her own sake. As Shoko struggles to come to terms with her feelings for Masashi, he suddenly appears before her...
Daisuke Murao
수상 후보의 아들을 살해한 죄로 감옥에 갇혔던 나미는 탈옥을 감행하던 중 그녀를 뒤쫓던 교도소장 칸다를 외눈박이 만들게 된다. 감옥을 탈출해 자유를 맛보기도 잠시 여형사 카토에게 잡히고 수갑을 차지만 함께 수갑을 차고 있던 여형사 카토의 팔을 칼로 끊어내고 다시 탈주를 시도하고 끝내 탈주에 성공한다. 탈주 중 도망치던 나미를 우연히 보게 된 야쿠자 운반책 무라오는 나미를 자신의 거처로 데려다가 숨겨주고 둘은 잠깐 동거를 하게 된다. 그러나 은신처가 발각되면서 다시 감옥으로 들어오게 된 나미는 그녀의 적수 여죄수 세토와 마주친다. 엎친 데 덮친 격으로 카토가 교도관으로 부임해 나미를 살해할 계책을 세우지만, 대량의 살상자가 발생하게 되는데…
Ito
After a happily married couple running a hot spring resort are awakened to their sadomasochistic desires, their relationship will never be the same.
A vampire, Brado, becomes responsible for taking care of a girl, Setsuna, in exchange for his life saved by the evil that created her. The evil tells him that if she doesn't have sex for a hundred days, she'll become a full-fledged vampire, and Brado will be able to gain complete control of her. However, if he breaks the promise, both of them will die, so he reluctantly takes on the care of her. While he sleeps, Setsuna begins going to nearby town and gradually learns how precious human lives are through her observations. When she meets a young priest in a church, her affection to humans becomes stronger-- and trouble begins to brew when Brado realizes that she is falling for the priest.
One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with blood type B. Tsukasa is one of those people. Together with her friend Yui she tries to stay alive and staying alive means running because hiding isn't a solution. On the hunt, they meet Masaharu and together they decide to fight against those black costumed creatures.
Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan’s independent film industry, dealing with the theme of “lost virginity.” Yoshida Koki, whose film {Household X} was an official selection for the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum, depicts a woman in her thirties losing her virginity. Kazuyo (Masaki Sawa) is a 35-year-old pharmacist living quietly on her own. One day, her interest is piqued by the pseudo-sexual harassment approach of Ryo (Yanagi Shuntaro), a high school youth, and her body gets a taste of sexual desire.
A couple become unwilling accomplices in sex and murder.
A spin-off short of "Helldriver," dealing with survivors in the dangerous northern territories.
Utsubo
High school students Isaki and Hiramasa can't stand being bored. One day, while walking across town, they bump shoulders with two other people. An argument ensues and, as usual, Hiramasa is ready to fight. Hiramasa is supremely confident when it comes to fighting. An unusual thing happens though, Hiramasa gets knocked out ...
Shoko, a married woman, works in a hospital as a nurse. One day, one of the patients happens to meet an old boyfriend, Tagawa. Shoko learned from her nurse that Tagawa is terminal cancer and can only live for 3 months. However, I couldn't tell Tagawa, so I don't know. The hospital says to give up treatment and just go home. She makes a decision because she wants to do something for Tagawa ...
Ryôten
Takashima is a young struggling actor who wants to be a film director. The film follows his chance encounters and career highlights (and lowlights!) as he strives to reach the top, and details his attempt to create the perfect film.
Ran's customer
A married woman, Kazuyo, enlists the services of the private detective, Rokusuke, to see if her husband Norio is cheating. Kazuyo says whenever her husband cheats on her, he then comes home and has sex with Kazuyo, to hide it. However, since her husband broke up with his mistress, her own sex life has taken a big hit. In her frustration, she seduces detective Rokusuke. Soon after that, Norio starts cheating again - this time with another woman. The woman bears a striking resemblance to detective Rokusuke's wife. Now, he's faced with a difficult choice.
Yoshida
Sachiko and Yoshida are newlyweds, and have just moved into a newly-constructed apartment with completely white rooms. It’s reasonable to expect that they would be enjoying their newlywed life, but Sachiko is refusing to go along with Yoshida’s sexual demands. One day, Yoshida’s junior colleague, Kato, shows him a video. Its title is White Room: Evening Classroom Inspection, and in it a girl is shown holding a photograph of her mother against her thigh while engaged in fondling. But the astounding thing is that it is a room in their newly-constructed apartment! Yoshida stealthily takes the video home, but Sachiko sees what it contains.
Tatsuya
Yasuko and Shizuka, friends and coworkers, come to be so much more after a terrible incident involving Shizuka’s boyfriend. After an intense fight that left Shizuka with a black eye, she takes her revenge by bludgeoning her boyfriend in the head, leaving his lifeless body on the bathroom floor. Yasuko pledges her support to Shizuka and tells her its all going to be ok, and that she will help take care of the body. The two women share a bed while staying with Yasuko’s sister, and things start to get hot and heavy.
Yoichi
키가 작은 것이 콤플렉스인 복화술사 다이스케. 핸디캡을 해학적으로 극복하려는 다이스케의 목소리에 반해 팬 레터를 주려고 분장실에 들어간 시각장애인 히카리. 그리고 키가 큰 다이스케의 제자 요이치. 이 세 사람의 이상한 만남이 시작된다. 다이스케는 히카리에게 사랑을 느끼지만 콤플렉스로 인해 솔직해질 수가 없다. 제자를 대역으로 히카리와의 데이트를 즐기지만 다이스케는 어쩔 수 없는 참담함에 흐느낀다.
Shotaro, the company president, is fishing by the lake, where he meets the sickly Mayumi and her mother, Misako. Mayumi and Shotaro love each other. Three months later, Misako visits Shotaro and asks him to hold Mayumi, who has been sentenced to her death without knowing the man. Shotaro and Mayumi get married and fall in love night after night... Akira Kawamoto's scenario based on Sanyutei Encho's masterpiece rakugo "Kaidan Botan Toro" is directed by veteran Akira Fukamachi. Bringing the taste of Japanese ghost stories to pink movies, the film has a unique flavor. Fresh Minami Aiyama, veteran Satomi Shinozaki, Yoko Satomi and others are showing good performances with the right people in the right place.
Saburo Kiyokawa
Walking out on her husband after discovering his infidelity, Akemi Kudo (Konatsu) finds refuge in a comic-book shop, where she meets Kyoko Ito -- a would-be manga artist. Soon the unbridled Kyoko introduces Akemi to a new world of sensual experiences, but their fragile friendship is put to the test as Akemi contemplates returning to her two-timing spouse.
Arima
볼링장에서 일하면서 프로 볼러를 꿈꾸는 아이코는 악연으로 만난 우체부 요시오와 사랑에 빠진다. 그녀는 매일같이 헌신적으로 도시락을 만들고 심신을 다 바쳐 그를 위해서 봉사한다. 그런 아이코에게 진절머리가 난 요시오는, 같은 직장동료와 관계를 갖게 되고 마침내 아니코와의 관계를 청산하자고 한다. 갑작스런 이별 통보에 영문을 알 수 없는 아이코는 그 누구도 예측할 수 없는 복수를 감행하고 결국은 충동적인 결말로 치닫는다.
Yuji
Yuji and Akiko are newlyweds. Yuji dreams of being a movie star. He lands the lead role in a Pink Eiga soft-core sex film. The director requires him to have sex with the actress. Akiko goes to her high school reunion and is raped by a drunken guy, and then hooks up with her ex-high school love. A dark and comedic look at contemporary relationships and the pitfalls of married life. The story was written by Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard Prize Winner, Masahiro Kobayashi. (Pink Eiga)
Yukio Sano
Five suicidal people meet on the Internet and form a 'suicide group'. They arrange to meet at one of the member's homes to spend their last hours together.
Atsushi Ueno
Satoko, a married woman who repeats flings using a dating site using her mobile phone. One day, she meets Atsushi, a designer blinded by an accident, and suddenly begins to take care of him and love grows between them.
Gorô Matsuzawa
Years have passed since the first film. Goro never got over the death of his partner and continues to drown his misery in alcohol. His latest work as a private detective involves spying on a man suspected of adultery by his wife. She happens to be right, but he's cheating on her with a male university student and not another woman. When that student turns up dead shortly after Goro delivers his results, he is initially indifferent. But then he's absudcted and beaten to within an inch of his life by people who clearly want to ensure his silence, and that changes things. Turns out, his past once again comes back to haunt him.
Muneo Saitô
Yûji Saitô
Yuji is an engaged businessman, who decides to grope Asuka, a pretty young girl, on a busy Tokyo commuter train. The cheap thrill turns expensive as Yuji discovers she took this opportunity to steal his wallet. Later on, Asuka finds Yuji and approaches him with an indecent partnership proposal. This film is another quality installment from the Chikan Densha Groper Train series – the longest running film series in the world. (Over 500 Groper Train films have been made!)
What lasts longer, the time before birth or the time after death? In the 1990's, Kenjo dies in a terrorist gas attack. His girlfriend Haruka is killed by a man she meets as a street prostitute. In 2002, Kenji and Haruka who should already be dead, meet again and a new story begins.
After attempting to meet someone new on a dating website, Chihiro starts talking to Makoto, who is asking around about a string of suicides. She agrees to meet with him, as she knew one of the girls that recently passed. After the two begin to connect a bit, Makoto gets an e-mail from Chihiro, saying she doesn't see a purpose to continue living.
Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!
Japanese pink film.
Two wives who leave their husbands behind and go on a hot spring trip, and two husbands who play homosexual games because it's not fair for them to be the only ones enjoying it. In contrast to the wives, who warm each other's bodies with hot water and lesbian play, the husbands cool each other's bodies by facing each other naked on a dark table with a bottle of sugar. There is another couple in danger of getting married because their parents disapprove of their relationship, but these two also change their mind, saying that marriage is between them. The story focuses on the liberation and change of consciousness of these three couples, who audaciously kiss on the street to get warm, and rethink their love and freedom.
A man is waiting alone in a snow-covered house deep in the mountains. the woman was supposed to meet him days before but she hasn't arrived and the man waits on, believing that the woman will still come. As the hours pass the man's mind slips in and out of reality as he fantasises on her and her sexuality. His body grows numb from the cold and he begins to drift from reality to a dream world where his imagination knows no limits.
After the death of his wife, Yukio has become more and more paranoid, believing that he is being followed and watched at all times. Yukio's late wife, before her death, was seeing and sleeping with another man. Not only did Yukio know about the affair, he would watch them have sex. Unbeknownst to his wife, his peeping on her became like a fetish. As the film progresses, Yukio goes to see a counselor to try and figure out his phobia and discover his deep repressed thoughts about his wife. In comes Akemi, Yukio's ex-girlfriend from almost a decade prior. Akemi is unhappy with her marriage and seeks the warm embrace of Yukio, which only furthers his descent into madness.
Kiriko is a beautiful woman working in a quiet hot spring town. The owner of the inn, Goro, is attracted to her beauty and asks her out, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Imai, a detective staying at the inn, recognizes Kiriko's face and investigates her past on his own.
1999 J-horror film released by Toei
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
Lee
A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling underlings to perform a hit. While things work out in the beginning, this young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims?
Asako and Yamada, after getting drunk for the first time and going straight to the hotel, spend a hot night, but they are separated by a fire that has started. The fireman Sudo saved Asako and fell in love with her at first sight. A sensual drama depicting a strange love triangle between a female beautician and two men, which began with a fire in the hotel of love.
Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.
Japanese pink film.
Murakami's partner Mayumi has gone missing. He fears that she could have run off with another guy or gotten into difficulty by involving by herself with a 'telephone relationship club', a solution which hooks up strangers trying to find easy, anonymous sex, no concerns asked.
A youth film depicting society in the late 90's through the eyes of lethargic young adults.
Schoolgirls on the verge of adulthood know that boys can be feckless and girls treacherous. Three friends gather around a Ouija board to call forth the spirit of Kokkuri. Masami has a boyfriend, Akira; Hiroko, who is nervous about the séance, wonders if she should take the plunge into sex; Mio is haunted by her mother's suicide. She also has a secret life as the voice of a midnight talk show host, the sexually-charged Midori. Mio must explore her past and her new feelings. Can she hold off the power and predictions of Kokkuri to enter adulthood, or will the destructive and romantic side of teen spirit be too powerful?
Two private detectives investigate cases of young men of rich parentage getting abducted and raped until a ransom is paid.
Set in a metropolis in the 21st century, this unique erotic drama depicts youth colored by sex, drugs, and violence with a touch of science fiction.
Mika Linuma
A powerful and secretive corporation is conducting underground psychic experiments utilizing Digital Direct Drive, otherwise known as DDD. While under the influence of the drug ether, the human subjects are outfitted in rubber suits and bombarded with DDD with extremely intense sound. Though the experiments are successful in unleashing psychic powers in the test subjects, the results are usually fatal. As a result, the corporation attempts to shut down the experiments against the wishes of Motomiya and Hitotsubashi who are in charge of the research. In a desperate attempt to salvage their work, the two researchers take over the lab and hold an innocent secretary hostage while they transform their fellow researcher into an ether addict and use him as the final human guinea pig for their experiments. The result has to be seen to be believed as his psychic powers are unleashed in a wave of ferocity that will leave you breathless.
Based on the world of Taiyo Matsumoto's manga "Tekkonkinkreet" this film sublimates the story of a young girl crow and a seagull living a free and unrestrained life into a mythological tale. In the mysterious futuristic landscape of the waterfront subcenter when there were few leisure facilities, the film powerfully depicts the struggles and battles of the vital life force that pervades the city.
Junko, who has precognition, predicted her senior's death and disappeared from her fiancé's life. Five years later, Junko, who works in a peep-shop, reunites with Kazuki and rekindles their love, but tragedy soon ensues. Hotaru Hatsuki, one of the most popular actresses of the 1990s, gives a strong performance in this poignant tale of a woman's attempt to escape her fate.
The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships.
No Good Men follows Kumiko, a young and attractive woman that works at a travel agency, and moonlights as an insatiable, sex-hungry mistress.
A fugitive man and woman (Kawase, Kawana) come to an island to retrieve their son (Iwasaki), who the woman has given to a foster family, but the son's foster parents are policemen (Ito)... The suspense surrounding the retrieval of the son is made unusual by the location shooting on the vast and desolate Miyakejima Island and leads to an allegorical drama about the essential desires of human beings. This was Kawase Yota's first appearance in a Zeze film, and he has since become a regular actor. The title of the film at the time of its first release was Sukebe Tenkomori.
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Abandoned by his owners for failure to maintain an erection, mindless sex slave Pinocchio 964 is left to wander the streets of Tokyo. Together with the homeless Himiko, he seeks refuge from his corporate masters in the alleys and sewers of the sprawling metropolis. But as Pinocchio and Himiko inch closer to reclaiming the selves they never knew, sinister revelations about their origins come to light.
