Bunmei Katô

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Chuji foi abandonado quando criança e agora na vida adulta trabalha em um bar, famoso por tocar blues ao vivo, e vende cocaína nas ruas para fazer dinheiro. Após uma briga Chuji conhece Kenji machucado em um beco, sendo perseguido por capangas da gangue para a qual Chuji vende as drogas; mesmo sem saber quem é o rapaz, ele salva sua vida. Kenji é membro de uma gangue importante e planeja sabotar o testamento de seu chefe para ficar com o controle dos negócios, agindo junto com a amante do líder. Após o encontro Chuji e Kenji torna-se amigos, mas a tensão entre as gangues rivais e o plano audacioso de Kenji pode colocar a vida deles em risco.

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.

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.