Sabu Kawahara

In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.

삼십년간 억압된 삶과 강제 노역이 진행되자 시디그족의 반발심은 커져만 갔고, 드디어 마침내 조상에게 피의 제물을 바치기 위한 혈전을 준비한다. 시디그족이 경찰서장과 부하들을 살해하기에 이르자 일본군은 야만인들이 폭동을 일으킨다며 긴급 소집에 나서고, 그들을 잡기 위한 사냥을 실시하지만 수천 명의 군인은 300명의 시디그 전사에게 당하고 만다. 일본군은 계속해서 전투기 폭격을 가하며 시디그족을 위협했지만 그들을 막아내는데 실패한다. 분노한 일본군은 반란을 주도했다는 모우나 루도를 잡기 위해 고군분투하며 현상금까지 걸어 추적에 나선다. 하지만 용맹한 시디그 전사들은 일본군을 향해 거침없이 돌격하는데...

일본은 타이완 중심부에 있는 천연자원을 차지하기 위해 잔인한 침략전을 시작한다. 강제 점령 당한 부족민의 남자들은 낮에는 막노동에 혹사당하고, 저녁이면 술 한잔으로 하루하루를 지새운다. 그런가 하면 부족민 여자들은 일본군의 술 시중을 들고, 아이들은 일본인이 세운 학교에서 수모를 당한다. 날이 갈수록 부족민의 사냥터도 줄어들고 부족민들의 허탈감과 증오심은 커져만 간다. 그러던 부족의 결혼식 날, 그들을 찾아와 행패를 부리던 일본 군인과 평소 감정이 좋지 않던 시디그 부족 간에 싸움이 붙고, 이는 일본인들의 탄압 속에서 숨죽이고 있던 부족민의 가슴을 뒤흔든다. 진짜 사냥꾼이자 부족의 족장 모우나 루도가 부족민을 지키기 위한 여정은 결코 쉽지 않다. 그리고 마침내 조상에게 피의 제물을 바치기 위한 혈전이 시작되는데...

산속에, 바닷가에, 마을 어귀에, 나타났다 사라지기를 반복하는 새하얀 털북숭이 개 와사오. 주인을 찾아 먼 길을 온 와사오에게도 새 친구가 생길까. 그리고 언젠가는 익숙한 그 체취를 다시 맡을 수 있을까?

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle. All hopes, from the villagers and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the Lieutenant's wife. She must honor the Emperor and the country in setting an example for all by fulfilling her duty and taking care of the 'god soldier'. Kurokawa prior to leaving to fight in the war regularly beat and berated his wife for her barrenness and inability to bring him a son. When he returns home as an amputee with no hearing and no speech, his wife dutifully attends to him, even though he shows little appreciation for her dedicated care. His main concerns are getting fed and getting sex. Even in his own degraded condition, he manages to berate his wife. Eventually, though, his own memories infiltrate and he is haunted by his horrible, sadistic deeds, performed while in the duty of the Japanese military.

그간 병원의 문제들을 해결해온 타구치(타케우치 유코)에게 대학동기자 친한 친구인 하야미(사카이 마사토)에 대한 투서가 들어오면서 다시금 타구치는 원치 않지만 문제 해결에 나서게 된다. 역시나 엉뚱하게 등장하는 시라토리와 함께 '제너럴 루주'라고 불리는 하야미의 투서에 대한 진상을 밝혀가는데...(유가 작가님 제공)

최고의 벚꽃을 찾아 여행을 떠난 세 남자의 로드무비로 일본 배우 오다기리 죠의 첫 장편 연출작이다.

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the mountains, where she finds one lonely house. Then she attempts to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills in the guest house but she fails.... This is the beginning of her new life.

It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.

Juri swears revenge on her brother after deciding that he is responsible for the murder of their parents . . . but otherwise lives a normal and happy life. The action takes place in the Yokohama underworld as brother and sister are reunited . . . for battle!

Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention attract buyers and money, it even attracts unwanted attention from the Yakuza.

Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.

Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable characters who must infiltrate a gay nightclub and "fit in" while they search for clues. What ensues is both hilarious and action-packed. Oboreru Sakana is a rather ambitious and often hilarious contemporary crime thriller. Its narrative swings from the grisly to the humorous and pulls in as many pop culture elements as it can manage.

Based on a manga that approaches the hearts of sick people living in a distorted modern age. The neat painting teacher and S&M Queen, Ruriko, will train you.

A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.

Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world.

평범한 회사원인 야마시타는 아내가 바람을 피운다는 익명의 편지를 받고 현장을 확인한 뒤 아내를 칼로 찔러 죽인다. 그 길로 자수를 한 야마시타는 형기를 마친 후 치바현에 작은 이발소를 차리고 우나기(뱀장어)와만 대화를 나누며 살아간다. 그러던 어느 날, 그는 연못에 뛰어들려는 케이코를 구해주고 그녀를 자신의 이발소에 두기로 한다. 이발소 일에 익숙해진 그녀는 야마시타에게 애정을 느끼는데...

An erotic bizarre action in which the three sisters of the Ijuin family, descendants of Kunoichi, fight against the hostile Mao Noichi clan.

Sukiyaki can be viewed two ways, a popular Japanese cuisine or a gathering of a family. This heart-warming comedy takes place in Yokohama, where the Mihara family owns a restaurant called “Boston Grill”. Experience the ups and downs of this family and learn how they deal with the everyday problems they are faced with during difficult times.

At Fudo High, the principal receives threatening letters from someone called the "Afterschool Magician," who warns them to stop the plans to tear down the old school building. Scary rumours of students who died in the "Seven Mysteries of Fudo High" began to spread again, and it isn't long before Kindaichi and Miyuki gets involved when the Mystery Club asks them to help investigate. When the members of the Mystery Club turns up dead one by one and Miyuki also gets attacked, Kindaichi realizes that he must solve it before any more people are killed.

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.

60년대 일본의 작은 마을, 바이올린을 연습하던 고등학생 다케요시는 우연히 라디오에서 나오는 록음악을 듣고 홀린 듯 그 매력에 빠진다. 다케요시는 소심한 친구들을 어렵게 설득해 록밴드를 결성하고, 이들은 지금까지 겪지 못한 새롭고 낯선 경험을 한다.

듣지도 말하지도 못하는 주인공 시게루. 쓰레기 수거 일을 하는 그의 곁엔 유일하게 여자친구만이 함께 한다. 시게루는 어느 날 바닷가 쓰레기통에서 버려진 서핑 보드를 줍는다. 다음 날부터 매일 같은 장소를 지나 바다로 걸어가는 시게루와 여자친구. 다른 서핑팀들이 지켜 보는 가운데 시게루는 혼자 파도를 타고 여자친구는 바닷가에 앉아 그를 기다린다. 하지만 시게루의 서핑 보드는 완전히 망가지고, 결국 돈을 모아 새로운 서핑 보드를 구입한다. 한편 이들을 주시하던 서핑 팀은 자신들의 팀에 합류할 것을 권유하고, 시게루는 처음으로 대회에도 나가고 팀원들과 함께 서핑을 즐기게 된다. 그러던 어느 비오는 날 여자친구보다 조금 먼저 바다로 나갔던 시게루는 돌아오지 않는다.

Skinless Night (which borrows its title from a best-selling brand of condoms) centers on the 33-year-old Kayama Mutsuro, who supports his wife, child and a small team of employees by making porn videos. Profit margins are very low, the financier has his own troublesome ideas about the kind of tape he wants produced, the company office isn't an ideal environment for child-minding, and the job constantly throws up new challenges - like shopping for bondage gear or devising the special visual effects for a 'golden shower' scene. On top of everything else, Kayama is heading for a mid-life crisis. The rediscovery of his unfinished student film crystallizes his general sense of dissatisfaction, and leads him to rethink his life and work, to the chagrin of many of his friends, colleagues, and family members. Mochizuki's quasi-autobiographical début feature observes both the workings of the porn sub-culture and the spiritual problems of its central character.

The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

원폭의 중심지 히로시마에 내린 검은 비, 즉 방사능 낙진을 맞은 시즈마 부부와 그들의 조카인 야스코는 5년 후 당시 생존자들과 한 마을에 살고 있다. 야스코는 방사능에 의한 병증이 아직은 나타나지 않고 있지만, 시즈마 부부는 그녀가 결혼하고 나서 미래에라도 방사능에 의해 고통을 받을까 노심초사하는데...

Roller skating boy band Hikaru GENJI face a series of strange events after a baby one day suddenly appears in their dormitory.

Story of 4 men and women in Okinawa.

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.

A Japanese schoolgirl witnesses the suicide of her close friend. In the aftermath she gets caught up in a world of sex trafficking after meeting a guy hiding his true intentions. Of course she falls for him before realizing the magnitude of the situation, complicating matters further. Eventually, her mother gets involved...

Toru was an ordinary businessman. One day he found a doll in the trash, and he took it home. In the next morning, he heard strange noises in the house, although he was supposed to be living alone. He finds out that the doll has turned into a real girl, naked, wearing only an apron. And they start to live together.

Roman Porno from 1985. Koichi and Mariko are a married couple. Both husband and wife have their own careers. Koichi is a civil servant that returns home on time, while Mariko returns home late at night, leaving their night life cold.

Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.

Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's 1980 book The Location (Za Rokēshon), an illustrated 229-page document about the cameraman’s experiences with pink cast and crew on the sets of several films produced in the late 1970's.

Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya [Snack Bar] Choji with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. Eiji once had a girlfriend by the name of Sayo, but she is supposed to be happily married to a pasture owner in the countryside. Then, suddenly one day Sayo shows up at Choji before opening. Sayo is still in love with Eiji. The story expressively portrays the lives of random Choji customers and the daily interaction between Eiji and Shigeko, while also focusing on the feelings between Eiji and his past girlfriend Sayo.

Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An executive with a large industrial corporation finds his job and his future is on the line when his firm is beset by labor troubles at the same time severe financial mismanagement has been discovered. As the executive looks for a way out of his situation, he becomes involved in a ménage à trois relationship with two fellow employees, a woman and another man. As real life becomes all the more unpleasant, the businessman and his lovers become deeply attached to one another as he explores sides of his sexual nature he's never been able to investigate in the past.

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

A film that deals with sexuality at late age and the jealousy of a woman over a young girl and her affair with a young man.

Roman Porno from 1980.

Ryoko leaves the chaos of her dorm for the peace and quiet of her own place because she wants to keep her relationship with a doctor at Murata Hospital a secret. Unfortunately, that privacy is short-lived as she discovers a “peeping tom” next door neighbor that spies on her all the time. When the doctor’s wife learns of the affair, poor Ryoko gets caught in a web of jilted lovers, frisky lesbians, slapstick sexual assault and embarrassing incidents with household appliances.

Roman Porno from 1979.

명탐정 킨다이치가 이제까지 휘말린 사건 중 가장 복잡하고 미스테리한 살인이 일어났다. 폐허가 된 옛 병원 건물에 마치 풍경처럼 매달린 남자의 머리가 발견된 것. 현장을 신고한 사람은 한 젊은 여자로부터 웨딩사진 촬영을 의뢰 받은 사진사 청년. 희생자는 음악가 토시오이고, 사진 촬영을 의뢰한 젊은 여인은 그의 사돈인 코유키로 그녀는 현재 실종 상태다. 친구들은 토시오가 결혼해달라며 코유키를 쫓아다녔다고 증언을 하는데, 사실 코유키에게는 다른 남자가 있었다.

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.

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike