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Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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A mix of life tales in modern Japan where fate is predicted by your name and a fingerplay song. Are the members of this society playing into the hands of some higher being or are they living the life of impermanence?
Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.
Egg Donor's Agent
Are you using your egg and germ cells in a manner useful for the society and the humankind? Junko is nearly 30, nearing the traditional ‘best before’ of the Japanese society, and feels increasing pressure: without a partner candidate or even a particular wish to have children anytime soon, she decides to become an egg donor. And not just for the free Hawaii trip that would be the prize if her candidacy is successful. At a counseling session, she meets her niece Aki who has similar plans. Together, they soon see how competitive social and evolutionary rules can mess up the best human relationships, particularly when such rules are mixed with the fossilized attitudes of a society which is frantically hanging on to traditions.
Moe's Mother
12 years ago, Hideto crippled his younger brother Masato in an accident in the woods. Hideto had avoided Masato ever since, but meets a physically healed but emotionally wounded Masato when he visits home one day. This Masato gets him to face the accident. Hideto then goes to meet the real Masato.
34-year-old Nobuo (Rigaku Suzuki) has been a high school student for 15 years. Rikako (Yuho Kitazawa) is a classmate who's good at singing and crying. The two set out on a journey in search of Rikako's father, and decided to wander around the city.
Ichiro Sasaki, 35, is working for a small training school in Tokyo. Though his work and his life are rather dull, he at least gets along somewhat well with his young daughter. He recieves a phone call one day, informing him of the sudden death of one of his colleagues. Shortly after this shocking news, his wife who is now living apart cuts him down further by telling him, "You don't see anything." While walking in the night, Ichiro is struck by an idea: why don't we go there? He heads off holding his daughter's hand. And thus begins a strange little tale of an ordinary father and his daughter.
Producer
Minako is diagnosed with a brain tumor and doesn't have long to live. She wants to see her twin sister once again, but there are consequences. The twins bring out the worst in each other. Together, they are psycho-pyromaniacs and can be very destructive. There's a reason why they've been separated for 13 years, to protect themselves and those around them. Now, they'll be together again.
When photographer Ishida first sees Sada, the wife of a new acquaintance, his photo shoot with Sada turns quickly into a steamy affair of mind-blowing proportions
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Contada em três segmentos interligados, entre o início dos anos 1990 e 2007, um jovem chamado Takaki Tono e sua melhor amiga Akari Shinohara moram em Tóquio. Devido à mudanças no trabalho de seu pai, Akari acaba se transferindo de cidade com sua família, mas os dois lutam para manter um contato através de cartas. Seus desencontros são constantes e os dois acabam se afastando com o tempo, deixando apenas as memórias de momentos juntos. Novas pessoas surgem em suas vidas, mas Takaki não esquece de Akari, que mesmo com o tempo passado, tem a esperança de encontrá-la novamente.
Based on the Maicching Machiko-sensei Manga.
Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can feel alive only if he keeps painting, but unable to find something to fill his void inside, he tries to drown himself in alcohol. Drawn to Jouji, Kyoko commissions him to paint for her. The two travel to a secluded mountain-side, and there Jouji becomes inspired both by the natural surroundings and Kyoko herself.
The Girl
Há 666 portais que conectam este mundo com o outro lado. Eles estão escondidos dentro dos seres humanos. Em algum lugar no Japão existe o portal de número 444. Quem o atravessar voltará da morte. Um grupo de homens se encontra na Floresta da Ressurreição para resgatar um perigoso prisioneiro que acaba de fugir da cadeia. Ele já matou mais de 40 pessoas. Inicia-se uma luta muito curiosa. Aqueles que são atingidos fatalmente caem, mas logo voltam ao combate. O Prisioneiro sobrevive ao chumbo grosso das pistolas e terá que duelar com O Homem, que está sedento pelo sangue da Garota, o único líquido capaz de abrir o portal. Será um festival de porradas, golpes de artes marciais fantásticos e de sangue. Apenas um sobreviverá.
The ex-convict protagonist of Versus lives far away from the maddening yakuza when he receives a new visit from the gangsters of the resurrection forest.
