Hajime Okayasu

Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.

When an alien bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire planet sticks to the buttocks of Shin-chan's pet dog Shiro, a race to save the world begins.

War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

The third film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

This collection of short stories was released along with "Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle."

Na véspera da rendição japonesa, em 1945, Akagi, o médico local de uma povoação costeira de uma das ilhas japonesas, decide tomar uma posição firme para preservar a sua integridade profissional. Está preocupado com o crescente número de casos de hepatite e junta-se aos seus antigos companheiros, um monge dissoluto e um cirurgião niilista viciado em morfina, todos à margem da sociedade militar japonesa. Sonoko, uma rapariga selvagem, adere ao grupo como enfermeira. Tornou-se responsável pelos irmãos desde a morte dos pais e, por vezes, ganha dinheiro como prostituta. Mas ao trabalhar com Akagi o seu destino muda: apaixona-se pelo estranho médico e quer passar com ele o resto da sua vida.

Takuro, depois de passar oito anos na prisão por ter assassinado a esposa, começa uma nova vida numa pequena cidade, no subúrbio de Tóquio, trabalhando como barbeiro. Sua grande companheira é uma enguia, que ele manteve em sua cela durante o período em que esteve preso.Aos poucos, ele começa a se abrir para o mundo, tornando-se amigo dos moradores locais, que frequentam sua loja. Sua vida, no entanto, muda radicalmente quando ele salva Keiko, uma jovem mulher que tenta se jogar no rio próximo à sua barbearia.Keiko, que também tenta esquecer seu sofrimento, começa a trabalhar na loja de Takuro. Os dois se sentem atraídos um pelo outro, mas alguns incidentes ocorrem, colocando-os de volta ao seu passado.

Nobita was reading a picture book.In that he sees Adam and Eve disobeying god and eating the apple in the garden of Eden. Nobita comments that their descendants have to face many difficulties because of Adam and Eve's mistake. Then Doraemon reminds Nobita that he had to do his summer vacation research homework.

The love between a young man and an older woman.

The first gay Japanese documentary, Rough Sketch of a Spiral, takes an intimate look at the personal lives of gay men in Osaka. The star is 25-year-old Yoshiichi Yano who has written a play he hopes will open the public’s eyes to the status of gays in contemporary Japan, a society with deep-rooted prejudices against homosexuality. With abundant humor and nonchalant candor, director Yasufumi Kojima follows the day-to-day efforts of Yano to produce his play while introducing us to Yano’s friends and actors in the play, including a stunning drag queen and a charming 60-year-old man who claims to be gay but a virgin.

Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and his close friends in the village were present at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Shizumas look for prospective husbands for Yasuko, but find that the families withdraw on finding out she was at Hiroshima.

Features the arrival of the evil, pterodactyl-riding Black Baby, whom Ultra B fights with the aid of his cohorts Super Baby Robot and Muscle Bird.

Set in a hidden valley in the Japanese Alps, Saru and his family must battle a trio of golf-assassins.

At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.

It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses.

On their way to New York City for the Fourth of July, a storm forces the Littles to crash near the Statue of Liberty. Inside the statue they discover a community of French Littles ruled by a General. The French Littles wake up to the world around them and realize they have been living without the most important thing to them -- Liberty. The General is arrested and promised a fair trial and the French Littles start making plans for elections to guarantee nothing like this will happen again.

Rumi's met a lot of guys through her job, and it's probably fair to assume that most of them could be said to have some sort of problem, but a man who literally turns into a beast when he gets turned on may be outside of this perky call girl's field of expertise. Still, a little challenge every now and again stimulates the mind and makes life so much more interesting, so she's willing to give it a shot.

An animated biography of Princess Diana from her birth to her early teen years.

Set in the Super Golf World theme park, Saru faces the world's greats at a tournament run by the ever-present Mr. X.

Bug-eyed Katsumi (known as Chuhai to his friends) is a muscle-bound detective determined to use his strength and pig-headed stupidity to rescue his teenage girlfriend from a succession of embarrassing situations. Based on a manga by Sho Fumimura and heavily seeded with background music from the 1960s U.S. hit parade.

Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the event. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete tells the interlocking stories of a group of survivors who frequent Stand Akauma, a bar: Takeshi, who lost his entire family; Tomoko, a prostitute horribly burned in the bombing; her younger brother Junji, who scrabbles on the fringes of society; Eiko, a pregnant young woman whom he loves; and Yuri, another prostitute who is determined to secure a brighter future for her blind son.

Em uma pequena aldeia em um vale, todo mundo que chega aos 70 anos deve deixar a aldeia e ir para o topo de uma determinada montanha para morrer. Se alguém recusasse, iria desonrar sua família. O velho Orin tem 69 anos. Neste inverno, é a vez dela ir para a montanha. Mas primeiro ela deve se certificar de que seu filho mais velho, Tatsuhei, encontre uma esposa.

A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daughter, Fuuchan. The movie depicts the warm interaction between her and adults that grew up with the rough history of Okinawa and discrimination from the mainland. Shots partly on location at beach of Itoman, Yogi Park and Hateruma Island. This is the movie version of the well-known novel by Kenjiro Haitani.

Uma figura de cerâmica de um rato azul com orelhas compridas, pernas grossas e sem cauda de repente ganha vida. Ele é um "Rato Ultrajante", como é conhecido na lenda. Como ele é novo neste mundo, sua curiosidade destemida o leva a conhecer um casal de rãs, um falcão aviador, um tigre vira-lata e uma garota. Embora ele aprenda sobre seu destino final - ser comido por um "Gato Ultrajante" - ele decide enfrentar este gato e desafiar seu destino.

This is a folk-tale-like adventure story of an active boy on a quest for the Water of Life. The boy sets out on this quest after learning that the Water of Life is needed to make his village happy. On the way, he meets gods, demons... Soon, he discovers that the evil snake has stolen the Water, and he heads for the snake's palace. Defeating the snake is not easy since it has the Water of Life to revive itself. This boy - Maegami Tarou - continues his courageous quest in cooperation with various creatures and the gods.

A documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro Katsu. There are behind-the-scenes interviews on the set of the subsequent television series featuring the character.

About a young man who literally bumps into a prostitute who lives with and looks after her wheelchair-confined brother.

Roman Porno from 1973.

Pinku from 1974.

Roman Porno from 1973.

Roman Porno from 1973.

Monk Seigen saves Misako the daughter of an area Yakuza boss from some tough guys. The two become a couple and find themselves being pursued by some criminals. Seigen plunges deeper into a life of crime and sin.

Roman Porno from 1973

Roman Porno from 1973.

Roman Porno from 1973.

This Roman Porno melodrama from Nikkatsu in-house luminary Chusei Sone concerns a married woman (Junko Miyashita) whose husband’s infidelity drives her to sleep with both of her sisters’ lovers. Kazuko Shirakawa, in one of her final appearances before her highly publicized wedding, plays the husband's combative mistress.

Roman Porno from 1973.

Tane, a female clerk of a rubber company in a corner of an industrial area facing Tokyo Bay is a quirky woman, also living on the second floor of the company warehouse.